TORONTO – Calling on Canadians who can do the can-can.

France’s world-renowned Moulin Rouge cabaret will hold castings in three Canadian cities starting this weekend.

Auditions will be held at the National Ballet School in Toronto this Saturday at 12 p.m. Eastern.

The next casting will be at Studio Bizz, Mont-Royal in Montreal on July 4 at noon, followed by Vancouver’s Harbour Dance Centre on July 13 at 11 a.m.

Organizers say this is just the second time the Paris company is travelling to Canada to look for talent.

Moulin Rouge associate artistic director Janet Pharaoh will oversee the scouting process with resident choreographer Erik Sorensen.

Those chosen will get to perform in the show “Feerie” on the stage of the cabaret that’s been around since 1889.

Hopefuls must have strong classical dance training as well as criteria specific to the Moulin Rouge, including a minimum height of 175 centimetres (five-foot-seven) for women and 185 centimetres (six feet) for men.

A statement says women must also have a “well-balanced figure but also and mainly the personality, the charisma and the capacity to assimilate choreographies with class and distinction. And for the boys, a well-proportioned muscled body.”

Canadians already dancing at the Moulin Rouge include Cara Lee from Vancouver and Katelyn Adams from Toronto.