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La joie du cancan (The Joy of Cancan) - Revisited
To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Monika, who has been dancing the French Cancan in Paris since the 1960s. Stick around until the end for an update on what Monika has been up to since the first episode aired! A transcript of this episode is available at https://podcast.duolingo.com/french.
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Bonjour dear listeners, for this special season of the Duolingo French podcast, we are celebrating the arts. We're revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring singers, dancers, actors, and other performers in the francophone world. Today we have an episode from October 2020. It takes us back to Paris in the 1960s when a young, energetic dancer named Munica discovered
the French can-can. The dance had been around since the late 1800s and performed in iconic Paris cabarets like the Moulin Rouge. But when Monika started dancing it, it was considered old school. Keep listening to hear how she shared the dance with a new generation. And stay tuned until the end for an update from Monika herself.
Mika Knapp always dreamed of becoming a dancer. As a kid growing up in 1950s Paris, she went to ballet classes and she worked hard. But by the time she turned 20,
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