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nautch
nautch, n. (nɔːtʃ) Also nach, nách, nâch, natch. [a. Urdū (Hindī) nāch, Prakrit nachcha, Skr. nṛitya, dancing, acting, f. nṛit- to dance.] 1. An East Indian exhibition of dancing, performed by professional dancing-girls.α 1809 Broughton Lett. Mahratta Camp xvi. (1892) 142 You Europeans are apt to pi...
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Nautch
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Nautch types
The nautch, performed only by the girls, evolved into several styles, three of which were most essential, the mor nach (the dance Regional variations of the nautch
The "zamindari nautch" patronised by the Zamindar of Baghmundi was known as the araiha, in which two or four nautch
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The Nautch Girl
The Nautch Girl, or, The Rajah of Chutneypore is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Edward Solomon, a book by George Dance, and lyrics by Dance and Volume 1, ; Volume 2,
Information about The Nautch Girl with links to the libretto, Midi files, score, etc.
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Nautch Girls of India
Nautch Girls of India: Dancers, Singers, Playmates is a 1996 coffee table book by Pran Nevile, based on the lives of nautch girls. Nautch Girls
Farewell to the Nautch Girl
Epilogue
Afterword : The Dance Foot - by Mulk Raj Anand.
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nritta
‖ nritta (nˈrɪtə) Also nrtta. [Skr. nṛitta dance.] A type of ‘pure’, abstract Indian dance (quot. 1967).1917 Coomaraswamy & Duggirala tr. Mirror of Gesture 14 Nṛtta is here dismissed with a merely negative definition, as the object of the Abhinaya Darpaṇa is to explain how to express by gesture defi...
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Pran Nevile
He was an authority on pre-1947 Lahore and Nautch. him to spend nearly seven years researching in the libraries and museums of England and the US to enable him to produce the sumptuously illustrated 'Nautch
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Bharatanatyam
Bharatanatyam, n. S. Asian. Brit. /ˌbɑːrətəˈnɑːtjam/, /ˌbʌrʌtəˈnɑːtjʌm/, U.S. /ˌbɑrətəˈnɑtjəm/, /ˌbərətəˈnɑtjəm/ Forms: 19– Bharata Natya, 19– Bharata Natyam, 19– Bharat Natya, 19– Bharat Natyam, 19– Bharatanatyam, 19– Bharatnatyam, 19– bharatnatyam [‹ Sanskrit Bharatanāṭyam, nominative of Bharatanā...
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Bhagmati
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Bhagmati was born in 'Chichlam' (place not identified with certainty) in a Hindu family; she was a local nautch-girl. The conferral of 'Hyder', an immensely sacred Islamic attribute on a nautch-girl has been doubted as well.
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Gandharv
Traditionally, the Gandharv were a community of singers and musicians, who were often employed by nautch girls.
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Bayadere
operetta by Emmerich Kalman
Die Bajadere, a polka by Johann Strauss II
La Bayadère, a ballet by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus
See also
Nautch
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Silambu
Importance
In dance
Nautch performers wore silambu. Kandyan dancers may wear silambu.
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Moran Sarkar
She was a nautch girl before she became a queen. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was supposedly punished by flogging by Akali Phula Singh for marrying her. She was a nautch girl. Maharaja Ranjit Singh used to meet her in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.
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Edward Solomon
died at age 39 by which time he had written dozens of works produced for the stage, including several for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, including The Nautch Solomon's most famous work produced by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company was probably The Nautch Girl or, The Rajah of Chutneypore (1891), an "Indian comic
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Mirasi
Thus began the anti-nautch reforms that sought to bring an end to the mirasi-courtesan culture. Mirasis, dhadis, and nautch performers became targets in this supposedly moralist reform.
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