Danse Serpentine - Loie Fuller

A dance perfomance of pionner modern dancer Loie Fuller, recorded in 1896.
Enjoy!

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[bgirlYAYA]

I this really Fuller herself, or one of the many imitators of 'La Loïe'?

[brcmano]

This is Loie Fuller, according to the Library of Congress

[Pearlandvb]

She was the first to use electricity to produce light-effects on stage, the book says. To my very untrained eye, she's not much of a dancer, is she? Was it all just about the novelty of colored lights?

[brcmano]

Yeah, normally she's not regarded as a great dancer, but a pionner.

And one of the things that shows she wasn't a great dancer is that she was soon followed by a countless numbers of imitators, like Gabrielle.

[Ajaggedpanther]

how does being followed by imitators imply she was a poor dancer? she wasn't good, ergo people copied her? that doesn't make any sense. she certainly wasn't technically trained in dance, she was a chemist... but that doesn't take away from the uniqueness or difficulty of her style

[brcmano]

Well, in the world of art eventually a good technique make difficult that other people copies you. And if she had any great dancing skills it would be hard for anyone to appear and perfectly copy her style. So I conclude that she wasn't a great dancer, and one of the reasons I see for that is that she was easily copied. I didn't said that her dancing was bad, but it obviously don't have a mesmerizing technique.

[TenderAtmosFera]

She actually didn't have technique..But that's the point! She was creating with her emotions!That was real her, and it is beatiful!:o)))Thank you so much for this video...

[kaltemuschi72]

War das ihr Tanz mit dem phosphorizierendem Kleid (radioaktiv)? Man beachte die weißen Punkte im Filmmaterial (Strahlung?).

[derekxl]

Am I the only one to think that it looks...strangely like a vagina? I find the representation of a giant vagina a little bit revolting...

[BornOfRoyalBlood]

The way she moves that dress around makes me think this was part of what inspired Madonna's music video for "frozen."

[Malkmusianful]

greatest movie 2011

[rodcarrero]

The power of the color & movement in our minds

[MsCuntish]

@bgirlYAYA This is not Loïe Fuller, but one of many imitators, as you said. There sadly isn't a recorded 'film' of Fuller herself.

[MonkeySoup4all]

@brcmano I agree, and disagree. I think she's not a great dancer... but I think you also probably have to properly define what 'a great dancer' means in order to properly deal with the issue. She's not a fantastic technical dancer like most ballet superstars, but she is a pioneer of modernism, or choosing to focus on light and how the body as a performer can move, rather than going for something that's technically difficult. But then again this is only one example. She's beautiful tho :)

[y0dalay]

this is dope. i saw an illustrated picture about her work in my dance class and had to come home to look at the video.

[Erunokabe]

@Eggxactly lovely indeed:)

[tregibbs]

Somebody needs to switch to decaf....