Talk:Loie Fuller

Mollie Fuller

I think the claim that Mollie Fuller is the sister of Loie Fuller is erroneous, and have removed it. While it is mentioned in passing in Mollie's (but not Loie's) entry in Who's Who on the Stage (1906), this appears to be the sole 'reliable' source of the claim. Other contemporary sources explicitly refute kinship: The San Francisco Call in 1897 printed a correction to a previous piece, stating: "'Mollie Fuller is not a sister of La Loie Fuller' is the way it should have appeared." Similarly, The Helena Independent in 1892 notes: "Mollie Fuller (no relative to Loie Fuller, the inventor of the dance, by the way)...". In Loie's Fuller's own memoir, Fifteen Years of a Dancer's Life she writes of being mistaken for Mollie: Then I understood that he had taken me for one of his old friends. "I know whom you mean" I answered, but I am not Mollie Fuller. Mollie Fuller is very well known in the United States, where she is imitating my dances. We are often mistaken for each other, but you must realise that this isn't the same person. Nowhere in the book does Loie refer to Mollie, or anyone else, as a sister. Loie's 1997 biography, Loie Fuller, Goddess of Light, speaks only of brothers, no sisters, and mentions Mollie only in a note invoking possible mistaken identity: "Mollie Fuller, a fairly well known actress at the time...". Had these two actually been sisters, it is probable more biographers would have mentioned it. There are a lot of unreliable blogs and websites that recycle the sisterhood claim, but unless more conclusive, authoritative sources can be found, I think the weight of evidence is against sisterhood. --Animalparty! (talk) 06:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

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Loie Fuller (January 15, 1862 – January 1, 1928) was an American actress and dancer who was a pioneer of techniques in both modern dance and theatrical lighting. She created the serpentine dance, but upon finding that her talents were unappreciated in the United States, she moved to Paris and received a warm reception there. She regularly performed at the Folies Bergère, and began adapting and expanding her costume and lighting, so that they became the principal features of her performance. Fuller unsuccessfully applied for a patent on the serpentine dance, to prevent imitators from copying her choreography. This 1901 film, entitled Loie Fuller, shows another dancer performing the dance.

Film credit: Segundo de Chomón

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