Obsessed with Light

Story

Synopsis

Loïe Fuller, stage name of Marie Louise Fuller: the American actress and dancer trained in burlesque, circuses and variety shows who, in the 1890s, signed by the Folies Bergère of Paris, became a star. She was portrayed by Toulouse-Lautrec, loved by the symbolists, the inspiration for Art Nouveau, in her shows she combined dance, spirals of fabric and light, reflected from behind or from below through the glass floor that she had created. She transformed into the "Fairy of Light", was taken up (especially in her Serpentine Dance) by Georges Méliès and Alice Guy and influenced René Clair's early films.

Directors

Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum

Language

English

Country

Germany, France, United States of America

Release date

21 November 2023

Ensemble

Cast

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  Cherry Jones

  Loïe Fuller (voice)