Trivia

The majority of the Can Can dancers at the Moulin Rouge have a specifically designed 'persona,' most of them based on different male fetishes. The full list of names of the Can Can dancers and their 'persona' is as follows: Antoinette -- based on the famous French Queen Marie-Antoinette. Arabia -- based on Arabian courtesan garb. Babydoll -- dressed in infant clothing (often mistaken for Bo Peep). Chinadoll -- dressed in Chinese silks. Dominatrix -- self-explanatory. French Maid -- self-explanatory. Garden Girl -- a hippie/bohemian/earthy-seeming girl. Gypsy -- self-explanatory. Harlequin -- based on a court jester's diamond patterned costume. Historic -- based on the Statue of Liberty. Juno -- dressed as an angel. Liberty -- dressed in 'Napoleonic' garb. Mome Fromage - Dressed in candy/cake/confectionery colors and fabrics. Nini Legs-In-The-Air -- costume decorated with windmills, as the character is said to have the best legs in the Moulin Rouge and is always showing them off. Pearly Queen -- decorated in sophisticated clothing; pearls, furs, jewels. Petite Princess -- a dwarf woman in a princess costume. Polka Dot -- a spirit of winter with evergreen trees drawn on her dress. Schoolgirl -- self-explanatory (strongly resembles Gigi (1958) or Madeline (1952)). Spanish -- dressed in a flowing, veiled Spanish costume. Tarot -- costume is decorated with various imagery from tarot cards. Tartan -- costume is a full traditional Scottish Garb, with the skirt designed to look like a kilt. Tattoo -- dancer is covered entirely from the neck down in tattoos. Travesty -- cross-dresser, upper half is of an upper-class man; top hat, tuxedo, and bow tie. Urchin -- dressed as a poor street girl (strongly resembles Eponine from Great Performances: Les Misérables in Concert (1995)); bowler hat, patchwork costume. See more