Can Can Dance AI

1 credit · 11 s video · 9:16

Original

Original dance by @thisisnotaprilatall on TikTok, with its original sound (tap for sound). Your video puts the person in your photo into these moves, with the same music.

Can Can (Infernal Galop), Jacques Offenbach

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1 person or pet. Full body works best.

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The can can dance is the TikTok version of the old Paris show dance, done as a joke to Offenbach's famous "Infernal Galop": little hops with the knees pulled up high, quick kicks to the front and side, a jump with both knees tucked and the arms flung out and flapping. Upload one full-body photo of a person and AI Dance makes them do the dance in an 11-second 9:16 video, ready in a few minutes.

Can Can key facts

Updated 2026-10-23

Song: the "Infernal Galop" (Can Can) by Jacques Offenbach, 1858.
Trend: the solo by @thisisnotaprilatall (April 11, 2024) passed 30 million views and 5 million likes.
Moves: high-knee hops, quick kicks, a tucked jump, flapping arms and a heel click.
Takes one full-body photo of one person.
Video: 11 seconds, 9:16 MP4, made for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
Cost: 1 credit per video. A failed video gives its credits back.
Ready in a few minutes. Videos have no watermark.

What is the Can Can trend?

The tune is the "Infernal Galop" from Jacques Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, which opened in Paris in October 1858. It became the music of the can-can, the high-kicking show dance of the Paris dance halls and of the Moulin Rouge, which opened in 1889.

On TikTok the can-can became a comedy dance. On May 15, 2023, @happykelli posted a living-room trio with claps, hip sways and a kick line that reached 6.9 million views. On April 11, 2024, @thisisnotaprilatall posted her own "silly little dance" to an orchestral arrangement of the tune, made up on the spot before class: it passed 30 million views and 5 million likes, the biggest can-can video on TikTok, and duos, couples and families copied it as the can can trend. In October 2026 two AI video sites added a can can dance template, and #cancan had billions of views.

The clip on this page is that solo by @thisisnotaprilatall, with its original sound. On AI Dance, the template copies the moves onto your own photo: your face, clothes and background stay, and your body follows the dance beat by beat.

The moves

A bouncy, silly solo in a bedroom, filmed from the floor: quick hops on the spot with one knee pulled up high, then the other, small kicks to the front and to the side, a jump with both knees tucked up, the arms flung out wide and flapping like wings, a twist of the hips, a heel click in the air, and more hops and kicks toward the camera on the last bars of the galop.

How to make the Can Can video

Everything runs in your browser. No editing app and nothing to film.

Step 1: Add your photo
Upload one clear photo of you or a friend, facing the camera, as much of the body in the frame as you can.
Step 2: Tap Make my video
The Can Can dance costs 1 credit. The AI copies the moves onto your photo while you wait, about a few minutes.
Step 3: Download and post
You get a 11 second 9:16 MP4. It comes with the dance's music. Post it on TikTok, Reels or Shorts, and swap the sound inside the app if you like.

Best photo for Can Can

The photo decides most of the result. These tips are for this dance.

Works well

Use a full-body photo, standing, facing the camera, with your feet in the frame.
Leave space above your head and below your feet: the dance has high knees and jumps.
Loose jeans and a jacket look closest to the original clip; a skirt works for a classic can-can look.
A plain room with even light works best.
One person per photo. The AI animates the biggest person in the frame.

Gives weak results

Group photos, or a second person cut off at the edge
Faces turned away, covered or in deep shadow
Blurry or very dark photos
Heavy filters, stickers or text on the photo

Post it on TikTok, Reels or Shorts

Your video comes with the dance's music. To use a different version, turn the original sound down when you post and add a "Can Can" sound in TikTok or Reels; the trend uses the orchestral "Can Can (Arr. By Helmuth Brandenburg)".
Start the video on the first beat of the galop, so the hops land on the music.
Use the trend tags people search for: #cancan, #cancandance and #dancechallenge.
Name the dance in your caption, so people searching for it find your video.

Add Can Can (Infernal Galop) by Jacques Offenbach from the sound library of the app you post to, so your video uses the official track.

Can Can trend timeline

1858-10-21
Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld opens in Paris; its "Infernal Galop" becomes the can-can tune. Source
1889-10-06
The Moulin Rouge opens in Paris and makes the can-can its signature show dance. Source
2023-05-15
@happykelli posts a can-can trio with a kick line in a living room: 6.9 million views. Source
2024-04-11
@thisisnotaprilatall posts the silly solo can-can shown on this page: over 30 million views. Source
2025-06-01
An AI kitten in a can-can dress takes the trend to AI video (273,000 views). Source

Can Can questions

What is the can can dance trend?

A comedy TikTok dance to Offenbach's can-can tune: hops with the knees pulled up high, quick kicks, a tucked jump and arms flung out and flapping. The most famous version is a solo by @thisisnotaprilatall with over 30 million views.

What song is it?

The "Infernal Galop" from Jacques Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld (1858), the tune everyone knows as the can-can. The viral video uses the orchestral "Can Can (Arr. By Helmuth Brandenburg)" by the RIAS Orchestra.

Do I need a skirt for the can-can?

No. The viral version is danced in jeans and a jacket. The AI keeps the clothes from your photo, so wear whatever you like.

Can I do the kick line with friends?

This template animates one person. Make one video per photo and put them side by side in your editor for a kick line.

Is the Can Can AI dance free?

No, Can Can costs 1 credit per video, but you can earn a free video by inviting friends. Invite 3 friends with your link. When 3 friends join with Google sign-in, you get a free video (1 credit), up to 10 times. Credit packs start at $4.49 for 3 credits, and the weekly plan is $7.99 for 8 credits a week.

How long is the Can Can video, and how long does it take?

The video is about 11 seconds long, in 9:16 MP4 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. It is ready in a few minutes, and it also appears in My videos, so you can leave the page.

Who made the dance video on this page?

The clip on this page is by @thisisnotaprilatall on TikTok, who made up the dance herself; it is shown with its original sound and a link to the original post. Your own video is made by AI from your photo, so you do not need to learn the steps.

Can I add the song?

Yes. Your video comes with the music of the Can Can dance clip, timed to the moves. To post with the official "Can Can" sound instead, add it in TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts and line up the first beat.