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La Meri and her life in dance : performing the world
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La Meri (Russell Meriwether Hughes, 1899-1988) was a performing artist, choreographer, teacher, and writer who built her career on ethnologic dance from many parts of the world. In addition to her ...
La Meri (Russell Meriwether Hughes, 1899-1988) was a performing artist, choreographer, teacher, and writer who built her career on ethnologic dance from many parts of the world. In addition to her practical work in dance, La Meri also published writings that set forth her conceptions, understandings, goals and methodologies. This book is both a biography of La Meri and an analysis of the significance of her theory and practice, with attention to her own performance, choreography, writings, and teaching.
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- Creator
- Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2020
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- 1 online resource (xv, 312 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780813058320, 0813058325, 9780813057248, 0813057248, 0813066093
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Russell Meriwether Hughes: the early years: 1899-1920s -- Early professional work and touring : 1920s -- Life in Italy and beyond 1929-1936 -- Australia and Asia 1936-1937 -- Here and there in a world of turmoil 1937-1939 -- A reinvented life in the United States as teacher, innovator, and woman 1939-1956 -- Performance and choreography in New York and beyond: 1940-1956 and Jacob's pillow 1940's-1970's -- New York; Cape Cod; San Antonio: new transitions: 1956-1988 -- La Meri's writings -- Final words