|
 |
It's meaning is derived from the French "couche," past part of "coucher" which means "to lay down." The Hootchy-Kootchy (Hoochi-Coochi) or Cooch dance is a pseudo-Turkish, sensual dance executed only by women in short skirts, bare midriffs and tight breast bands, which is said to have originated at the Philadelphia Centennial Fair (May-Nov-1876.) However there can be some aspects of nudity as well. There are many spellings.
The term has been carried over to mean any so-called partner-less female "Sexy or Risqué" dance performed at fairs, Carnivals, Saloons and Burlesques clubs etcetera where women would be encouraged (or exploited) to perform such dances in a more provocative manner originally used to help gain attendance to sell alcohol to the patrons of a saloon etc. Dances such as the The Can-Can, Belly Dance, Danse du ventre, Striptease (see Burlesque), Bubble dance, Fan Dance, Serpentine Dance, Peek-a-boo Dance, etcetera have all been lumped into this category. The Hootchy Cootchy dance
would also be known as Oriental Dance, but was no relation to the Oriental dances known today. |
|
In later days the Belly dance (aka: Raks Sharki) would also be associated with this title just like the Oriental dances due to their erotic nature by promoters such as Sol Bloom and as well as many Belly dancers exploiting their own art form to make a fast buck in evolving times. These dancers and promoters would use many movements of the belly dance to entice their audience so as to gain financial freedom. However the Belly dance did play an important role in the development of the Hoochi-Coochi dance, the Belly and Oriental dances are not, repeat not, a Hootchy-Kootchy dance form, even though some are listed here.
Note: Coochi can also be a slang term for Vagina. |
 |
Related Films, Movies and Clips |
|
1893 - Little Egypt (Edison) |
 |
1901 - Turkish Dance |
|
1930's - Sally Rands Bubble Dance |
|
1894 - Danse de Ventre |
|
1903 - Turkish Dance: Ella Lola |
|
1932 - Burlesque |
|
1894 - Oriental Belly Dance |
|
1903 - From Showgirl to Burlesque Queen |
|
1940's Dance of the Doves - Rosita Royce |
|
1895 - Princess Ali does a Turkish Dance |
|
1904 - Can Can Dancers at the Moulin Rouge |
|
1940's - Vanay does the Snake Hips Dance |
|
1896 - Amy Mueller dances |
|
1904 - Princess Rajah Dance (Eccentric-Shimmy) |
|
1942 - A Lady with Fans - Faith Bacon |
|
1896 - Fatima's Coochie-Coochie dance |
|
1908 - Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils |
|
1947 - Erotique in Afro Moods |
|
1897 - Dolorita Passion Dance |
|
1909 - Salome Music Dance |
|
1960's - Klezmer Hoochie Coochie |
|
1897 - Fatima (Fatima's Belly Dance) |
|
1910 - Queen of the Burlesque |
|
1989 - Roadhouse |
|
1897 - Fatima's Belly Dance |
|
1910 - The Burlesque Queen |
|
Death Mask (Linnea Quigley) |
|
1897 - Little Egypt I,II,III |
|
1913 - Persian Dance: Eight pence a Mile |
|
I'm No Angel (Mae West) |
|
1897 - Parisian Dance |
|
1919 - Fatima (or Fat Emma) |
|
Nana (Can-Can) |
|
1899 - Dance in a Turkish Harem |
|
1920 - The Hooch Ball |
|
Noel Toy - Chinese Joy (Fan) Dance |
|
1901 - Coochie Dance on the Midway |
|
1930 - Hootchy Cootchy Parlais Vous |
|
|
|
1901 - Táncz, A |
|
|
|
|
Publications |
Television |
Ballets / Stage / Fairs etc |
| 1894 - Danse de Ventre |
3/27/1959 - Ellery Queen (Sherry Britton) |
1876 - Philadelphia Centennial Fair |
| 1894 - Oriental Belly Dance |
|
|
|
1893 - Chicago World's Fair (Columbian Exhibition) |
| 1/27/1898 - Evening Sentinel (seeks death after Hoochi) |
|
|
|
1904 - Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
| 5/26/1929 - Charleston Gazette (Fairs cleaned Up) |
|
|
|
|
| 8/6/1933 - Syracuse Herald (Hoochi-Coochi is Can Can) |
|
|
|
|
| 11/26/1964 - Daily Review (Belly Dancers once Hoochi) |
|
|
|
|
| Police Gazette Newspaper |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Ballrooms