Dancer : Loïe Fuller

A film by Benoît Labourdette (1’28s, silent, 2020).

23 February 2020. Published by Benoît Labourdette.

1 min

Mise en abyme of the presence of human bodies as abstractions, through time, techniques and cultures.

Loïe Fuller (1869-1928), inventor of the “serpentine dance”, made of veils and plays of light, introduced the notion of abstraction, constructed through technical innovation, into dance, performing arts and cinema. She also invented the principle of the “black box”, used in all theatres today, which makes it possible to construct light and its illusions out of darkness. Her public success and esteem was phenomenal: praised by artists and intellectuals, she was consecrated at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. She was a free woman, lesbian, invested in feminist circles.

Film produced as part of a workshop led by Benoît Labourdette for ALCA and FRAC Nouvelle Aquitaine in February 2020: « Meeting the public and a neighbourhood : co-constructing and experimenting with an itinerant screening ».

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Dancer : Loïe Fuller

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Documentaries

What is a “documentary” ? A singular look on the world, on reality. Any film, any work, offers a vision of the world, whether through fiction or not. Moreover, some documentaries include fiction, and vice versa. So why differentiate these two forms of cinema ? Perhaps simply to clarify what the audience should expect from the film : the proposal to live a dream in an imaginary, or the proposal to discover unknown parts of the world, as revealed by a unique look.