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Choreographing Modernity: Loïe Fuller And Her Influence On The Arts, Katharine Hutchins
Choreographing Modernity: Loïe Fuller And Her Influence On The Arts, Katharine Hutchins
Scripps Senior Theses
This thesis, which studies the effect Loïe Fuller had on artists at the turn of the 20th century, redefines her role in art and society. An American dancer born in 1862, Fuller is often hailed as one of the forefathers of modern dance and a technological engineer, but she is too rarely shown in control of how the audience perceived her. This work gives an overview of Art Nouveau and the Universal Exposition of 1900 in Paris in which she performed. It closely examines her impact on painters, illustrators, and lithographers: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Will Bradley, and Jules Cheret. …