Nautch Collection

Indian Nautch Girl
A nautch girl of Hindostan. (Nautch means simply dance) with accompanying musicians

19th century vintage photograph India - Nautch Girls dancing, 1860s Samuel Bourne

A costume sketch by Robert Ten Eyck Stevenson (From Mahieu Costume Company) for an Oriental Nautch dancer, 1927 Date: 1927

Nautch or Ramjani girls dancing to music from kuplyans or bin, dhol drums, tabla, and other string and percussion instruments

Cover of Dance Magazine, April 1927 featuring Madame Laurka in an Indian Nautch dance Date: 1927

India in London - sketches at the Indian Village at Portland Hall, Langham Place, with Indian women demonstrating traditional dances

Sketches at the Albert Palace, Battersea showing the Indian village with various traditional arts and crafts on view including snake charming, pottery, nautch dancing and juggling. Date: 1885

A French cornemuse and an Indian sarangi
Page from the Illustrated London News, 9th March 1963, showing two instruments from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: a French cornemuse

Nautch women in a cart, India. Date: circa 1890s

Group of Nautch women, India. Date: circa 1890s

Nautch dancing girl and two musicians, India. Date: circa 1905

Nautch Girls / India
Two Nautch (dancing) girls perform accompanied by song, drums and cymbals. They danced at ceremonies and for entertainment. Date: circa 1840 s

Nautch girl dancing
A nautch girl (dancing girl) performs rhythmic steps emphasised by the bells around her ankles. The nautch girls were often courtesans highly trained in dance & music. Date: 1870

Nautch women and musicians, India. Date: circa 1890s

Nautch woman dancing, India
Nautch woman dancing, with two musicians playing, India. Date: circa 1890s

Nautch women, India. Date: circa 1890s

Nautch Girl / India
A Nautch (dancing) girl performing. Her footwork is accompanied by drums & cymbals which beat out complicated rhythmic cycles

Dance / Nautch Girl / India
A Nautch or dancing girl (also known as a Bayadere). Besides entertainment their dancing had religious functions & these women were sometimes connected to temples

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