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Related to the Fandango ,
the Cachucha [Kah-choo-chah] which means 'small boat or cap' in
Spanish. It is a Spanish
solo dance, better done by a lady than a male which is danced
to the Andalusian
national song. The Cachucha solo is admirably calculated to accompany the medley
of music peculiar to this dance; which is sometimes gracefully
calm, sometimes sprightly, and sometimes impassioned hip swinging
dance using castanets.
Cachucha; this word was not to
be found in any old dictionary of the Spanish language. It is
customary to apply this word to a fair, a bird, a little cap,
a fan and, in short, to any thing that is graceful or pretty.
In the language of the Andalusian Gittanos, the word Cachucha
signifies gold. In a still more elevated style, Cachucha means
that part of the quiver in which Cupid puts his darts. Sagitta
capsula in pharetra.
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The Cachucha was first created in Cuba in 1803 but is considered
a Spanish dance. The Cachucha was danced in the U.S. at the White House, Fanny was
so overwhelming that the Congress decided it would not convene when she was dancing. Fanny
Essler (1810-1884, Vienna) introduced the Cachucha to the public in the ballet's 'The Lady of the Lake'
(1812) and later in "Le Diable boiteux" (the Lame Devil) in 1836 which it found it's popularity.
The Cachucha is erroneously spelled Catchucha at times.
Celeste Keppler (1820s) made this dance known to
the mass but it took Fanny
Essler to really make this dance popular during her
time. The word Cachucha means a term of endearment or a certain
kind of cap. Castanets are also used in this dance. Some traces
of the Cachucha are to be found in the Sevillinas of Spain (through
Essler). It seems expressly designed to display the elegance's
of posture and attitude. The Cachucha is danced by but one person,
either man or woman.
The SEGUIDILLAS TALEADAS, This dance is a species
of the Bolero
, mingled with some measures of the Cachucha.
The Andalusian
Tango became very popular and was mainly danced
by women, with women, with an occasional Gaucho (cowboy)
thrown in here and there. The andalusan was the forerunner of the
Argentine Tango. The Cachucha is another Andalusan
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Manuel Garci'a |
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Andalucia
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Cachucha
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- Tis the last rose of summer |
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Cachucha
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Cachucha
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Plaza des Armas (Spain) |
Bowery Theatre (1839-Lee)
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1812 - Lady of the Lake
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1981 - The Cachucha
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Political |
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- Celine
Celeste |
1840s
- Madame Vestris |
Andrew
Jackson |
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- Pauline Duvernay |
1843
- Demoiselle Bierey |
Martin
van Buren |
| 1836
- Fanny Essler |
Catherine
Horta-Hayden |
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- Mary Ann Lee |
2000
- Yulia Makhalina |
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Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches |
| Andalouse |
Cachumbas |
Essler |
Romantic
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Indians |
Cachuchero
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ESPAGNOLE A VALSE CACHUCHA dance Instructions:
(Composed by R. Renausy, of the Imperial Academy of Music,
Paris).
Coupé
with left foot by gent. Sauté
on right foot, jeté
on left foot, Sauté
on same foot, right foot in the rear, ensemblé,
Glissé
left foot, follow with right foot and Coupé
with right foot. Sauté
left foot, right foot in the air. Pas
de Basque with right foot, Coupé
with right foot, Sauté
on left foot. Repeat the Pas
de Basque and Coupé,
ending with a Sauté
to recommence again. For the lady the directions are the same
only reversing the feet.
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| "Mi
Cachucha por la mar A todos vientos camina, Pero nunca va mejor
Que cuando va de bolina." |
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