Narration, Carl Grapentine, Lucia Mauro ; interview participants, Elizabeth Coffman, Beverly Erickson, Don Fuller, Tom Gunning, Jessica Lindberg, Nana Shineflug, Megan Slayter, Jody Sperling ; reenanctment actors, Marlena Entner, Tim Jackson, Kathryn Dammers ; performance dancers, Jessica Lindberg, Merril Doty, Mary Kelly Kren, Nana Shineflug, Jody Sperling. This disc is a DVD-R and may fail to play in some DVD equipment.
Contents:
1834-1889. Family beginnings in the Illinois farmland -- 1889-1895. Early performing and the shaping of a distinctive style -- 1895 & 1900. Fame in Paris, three famous dances reconstructed -- 1900-present. Fuller's influence on dance, film, costuming, staging, and theater.
Summary:
"Loie Fuller was once the most famous dancer in the world, but had been relegated to footnotes in dance history soon after her death. Born Mary Louise Fuller to parents who were reluctant farmers during the period of westward expansion in the mid-nineteenth century, she inherited the ambitions of her family's dreams, embraced the emerging technologies of the times, and combined this with a natural talent for performing--all to become a shining star at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Her use of brilliant colors combined with voluminous silk costumes made lasting impressions on artists, writers, and legions of the rich and famous of the time."--Container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)636040819
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.