Loie Fuller History Quiz

An 1896 PAL poster of Loie Fuller at the Folies-Bergere

1. Which dance form did Loie Fuller help pave the way for?
2. Growing up outside of Chicago, what musical-theater entertainer did Fuller first tour the country with?
3. What 19th-century dance craze did Fuller tweak to create her most famous work?
4. Her most famous work was called the ______ ______.
5. Explain Fuller’s own style called “natural dancing.”
6. What was significant about her voluminous silk skirt costumes?
7. When performing, what did onlookers sometimes liken Fuller to?
8. Name the two major dance makers who were influenced by Fuller.
9. In what European city did Fuller earn the nickname “La Loie,” become accepted as a noted performer and socialize with royalty, after fleeing the United States over a lawsuit?
10. Name the artistic movement that Loie Fuller is most closely associated with.
11. Loie Fuller was one of the first artists to ______ the stage in _______.
12. List two to three Fuller-patented devices.
13. Why are some of Fuller’s personal facts still a mystery?
    

Answers:

1. Modern dance
2. Buffalo Bill
3. Skirt dancing
4. Serpentine Dance
5. Non-technical movements that involved her body’s spontaneous response to music
6. She manipulated the skirt with bamboo wands and flooded them with abstract patterns of light.
7. Fairy or a lovely apparition that was not human
8. Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan
9. Paris, France
10. Art Nouveau movement
11. Drape; black
12. Angled, lighted mirrors; floor fixture allowing illumination from below; glass-topped pedestal that “suspended” its occupant when lit from below
13. She was known to tell tall tales to compensate for her modest upbringing.