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La Meri and Her Life in Dance Performing the World
Title
La Meri and Her Life in Dance [electronic resource] : Performing the World / Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter.
ISBN
0813057248
9780813057248
9780813066097 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2019. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2019 Complete
Project MUSE - 2019 Film, Theater and Performing Arts
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 31, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Subjects
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Project Muse.
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