Tag: loie fuller

Special Effects Visionary: Loie Fuller

Before there was Martha Graham or Isadora Duncan, there was Loie Fuller (1862–1928), the toast of Paris nicknamed “La Loïe.” Poets like William Butler Yeats lauded her, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painted her and sculptor Auguste Rodin allegedly captured her in marble. Although plump, plain-faced and untrained, not a tall and lovely sylph as she was […]

If You Care About the Climate, You'll Want to See Jody Sperling's New Work

Tonight Jody Sperling, artistic director of Time Lapse Dance, advocate for the environment and expert on the work of Loie Fuller, brings a new performance installation, Book of Clouds, to Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City. Collaborating with visual artist Amy-Claire Huestis and composer Omar Zubair, Sperling uses light technologies, movement and sound to […]

On Thin Ice: Jody Sperling Choreographs Work in Hopes to Draw Attention to Climate Change

In 2014, Jody Sperling became the first choreographer to conduct research on a U.S. Coast Guard science expedition to the Arctic Ocean. She’s now making a 30-minute work that she hopes will call attention to the impact of climate change. In the award-winning video “Ice Floe,” we first see Jody Sperling from a distance. Shot […]