Life is a cabaret

Meet the Brit teaching the cancan at Paris' famous Moulin Rouge

-  EMMA BULLIMORE, IAN MACEWAN, ELAINE REILLY

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Moulin Rouge: Yes We Can-Can!
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Yorkshire-born Janet Pharaoh, the artistic director of the renowned Moulin Rouge club in Paris, certainly gets a kick out of her job.

This week, BBC2 cameras follow her as she returns to Leeds to hold auditions for British dancers at the cabaret club known for its cancan show, which originated at the venue.

While the show rarely recruits new talent, the pandemic left the troupe low on numbers, and Pharaoh who puts on 12 shows a week - knows exactly what she's looking for.