Word: castanet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Dancer Argentinita made another try with a concert in Manhattan's Majestic Theatre. This time Manhattanites, finally aware of who she was, thronged the theatre, stamped and yelled, gaped at castanet playing that would have made Gene Krupa sit up, footwork (zapateado) that would have made Bill Robinson's eyes pop. Though Dancer Argentinita is known to be an ardent Spanish Loyalist, Manhattan's Spaniards called an armistice for an evening. Both Leftists and Rightists turned out to give her a big hand...
...which besets all Gypsies. Spaniards filled a Manhattan theatre for his debut, shouted so loudly that he and the two girls with him repeated nearly everything they did. Escudero strutted about like a cock, clicking his heels and tapping his toes through dances loosely designed. His conversational castanet-playing impressed Ameri cans most. He barked with them brutally, whispered insinuatingly. For the end of one dance he snapped a fingernail accompaniment...