Russel Meriwether Hughes, born in Louisville, Kentucky, an 13th May, 1898, later came to be known as ‘La Meri’, he dancer, poet, writer, ethnic dance teacher and choreographer of repute. She traveled three times around the world and each time she diligently studied authentic dance forms and made them part of her repertoire. She came to India, ‘her dreamland’, and managed to learn Bharatanatyam from Papanasam Vadivelu and Kathak from Ram Dutt Tiwari and ...
