Word: nautch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...feature scenes of "Hassan" and the musical accompaniments to the Hindu and Nautch dances will be broadcast from WBZ, the Statler Hotel radio station between 8.30 and 9 o'clock Wednesday night, according to a recent announcement made by the club officers...
Miss Francesca Braggiotti has been secured to interpret the principal dancing role in the spring show "Hassan", it was announced yesterday by the Harvard Dramatic Club. She will present a dance which she has arranged especially for the play. It is a Hindu and Nautch dance given in an oriental setting, as an interpretation of the play...
...good measure, it was told that "Mr. A." flung a diamond necklace valued at 540,541 rupees ($200,000) to one of them, a nautch* dancer from Delhi...
...performer of the nautch, an Indian ballet-dance in which the dancers sway and vibrate their bodies without moving from the spot on which they stand. By developing certain muscles, especially those of the abdomen, they are able to produce seemingly impossible twitchings and convulsions, which are highly esteemed...
...What muscles do nautch girls especially develop...