The Music of Hindostan c6.144

c6.144

Towards the end there was more action; the feet flung higher, the right foot turned out, the body facing alternately right and left, and so on. Then a *pas seul*. The dancer could not get his accompaniment (a single singer) to his satisfaction for a long time, and they wrangled as to how the tune went. The *Kadars* who were to sing next were sitting by; and one of these broke in with a wildly different tune as a suggestion; but the *Malya* was not in the least put out, and got his way in the end, which was this,