La Meri and Her Life in Dance: Performing the World

ISBN-13: 9780813066097 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 330 str.

Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter

Spis treści

• List of Figures
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Russell Meriwether Hughes: The Early Years, 1899–1920s
• 2. Early Professional Work and Touring, 1920s
• 3. Life in Italy and Beyond, 1929–1936
• 4. Australasia and Asia, 1936–1937
• 5. Here and There in a World of Turmoil, October 1937 to October 1939
• 6. A Reinvented Life in the United States as a Teacher, Innovator, and Woman, 1939–1956
• 7. Performance and Choreography in New York and Beyond (1940–1956) and Jacob's Pillow (1940s–1970s)
• 8. New York, Cape Cod, San Antonio: New Transitions, 1956–1988
• 9. La Meri's Writings
• 10. Final Words
• Appendix A. Chronology of La Meri's Life of Travel
• Appendix B. La Meri's "Ethnic Ballets" and Other Works
• Appendix C. La Meri's Dance Students and Colleagues
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index