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Streetswings Dance History Archives: the Hootchy-Kootchy
Nina - Little Egypt of 1941  (Police Gazette)
The Hootchy-Kootchy dance

   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 breastbands, which is said to have originated at the Philadelphia Centennial Fair (May-Nov-1876.)

   The term has been carried over to mean any so-called partnerless 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 they are listed here.

Birth Place

Creation Date

Creator

Dance Type

Philadelphia 1876 n/a Risqué / Erotic / Sensual / Burlesque
 

Posters, Lobby Cards etc.

Sheet Music Covers

Related Music Titles

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Can Can

           

Hoochi Coochi Coo

           

Hoochi-Coochi Man

           

Hootchy Cootchy

           

Little Hootchy Cootchy Girl

           

The Stripper

 

Night Clubs, Halls, Theatres

Stage / Shows

Locations

n/a Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show France
            USA
            Coney Island

Films / Movies

Television

Ballets / Stage / Fairs etc

1894 - Danse de Ventre

3/27/1959 - Ellery Queen (Shery Britton)

1876 - Philadelphia Centennial Fair

1894 - Oriental Belly Dance

     

1893 - Chicago World's Fair (Columbian Exhibition)

1896 - Fatima's Coochie-Coochie dance

     

1904 - Louisiana Purchase Exposition

1897 - Dolorita Passion Dance

       

1897 - Fatima (Fatima's Belly Dance)

       

1897 - Fatima's Belly Dance

       

1897 - Little Egypt I,II,III

       

1897 - Parisian Dance

       

1899 - Dance in a Turkish Harem

       

1901 - Coochie Dance on the Midway

       

1901 - Táncz, A

     

Publications

1901 - Turkish Dance

      1/27/1898 - Evening Sentinel (seeks death after Hoochi)

1901 - Turkish Dance: Ella Lola

      5/26/1929 - Charleston Gazette (Fairs cleaned Up)

1903 - From Showgirl to Burlesque Queen

     

8/6/1933 - Syracuse Herals (Hoochi-Coochi is Can Can)

1904 - Princess Rajah Dance

      11/26/1964 - Daily Review (Belly Dancers once Hoochi)

1908 - Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

       

1909 - Salome Music Dance

       

1910 - Queen of the Burlesque

       

1910 - The Burlesque Queen

       

1913 - Persian Dance: Eightpence a Mile

      Police Gazette Newspaper

1920 - The Hooch Ball

       

1930 - Hootchy Cootchy Parlais Vous

       

1932 - Burlesque

       

Death Mask (Linnea Quigley)

       
I'm No Angel (Mae West)        
Nana (Can-Can)        

Other Related Dances of the time...

Belly Dance

Coochi-Coochi

Fire Dance

Raks Sharki

Striptease

Bubble Dance

Dance of the 7 Veils (see Salome)

Hoochi-Coochi

Salome Dance

Turkish Dance

BURLESQUE

Danse de Ventre

Oriental Dance

Serpentine Dance

Veil Dance

Butterfly Dance

Fan Dance

Peek-a-boo Dance

Skirt Dance

 

Can-Can

       

Related Dancers, Choreographers etc.

Political

Gypsy Rose Lee

Salome

Sol Bloom

Little Egypt (c. 1890s)

Sally Rand

Minsky's

Mata Hari

Charo Baeza ?

 

Books, Magazine Articles on the dance...

Title

Author

Date Published

Publisher

Dance Encyclopedia

Chujoy, Anatole

1949

Barnes

                       

Musicians

Bands

Singers

Poets / Writers

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Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches

Belly Dance

Carnivals

Risqué

Strippers

Burlesk

Fairs

Strip

Pasties

 

Burlesque

Hoochi (e) Coochi (e)

Striptease

G-Strings

 
         

Other...

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