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How Did Louise Fuller Contribute To Dance
Marie Louise Fuller, better known as Loie Fuller, was an American dancer born January 15, 1862 in Fullersburg, Illinois and died January 1, 1928 in Paris, France. Loie is known for her invention of “Serpentine dance” which became popular in the late eighteen hundreds and became something that was commonly seen in stage shows and early films. In her early years, Loie’s family struggled and was in search in work in business, so they moved north to Chicago. After her family successfully found business in Chicago, Louise made her first appearance and became a childhood actor. As Louise grew she started choreographing and preforming burlesque dances (a humorous stage show), vaudeville dances (a light often comedic theatrical piece frequently combining …show more content…
Denis, was an American contemporary dancer, born in Newmark, New Jersey on January 20, 1879, and influence most phases of American dance. Ruth became interest in dance at a young age. She started off preforming with the vaudeville dancers (a light often comedic theatrical piece frequently combining pantomime) and an appearance in three of David Belasco’s productions. Ruth’s inspiration for exploring Asian art and dance came from a cigarette poster that she saw. She began to study Hindu and philosophy she created Radha which she offered to showcase in New York. Her dance, Radha was based on the milkmaid who was married to a Hindu god. Because of her studies and recent dances she was able to create other dances such as The Cobra and The Incense. Ruth St. Denis had major influence on modern dance in America especially though Denishawn (which was the first major organized dance experiment and instruction in the country). She is even called the first lady of modern dance. I think she is known as an important dance choreographer because she took information that she studied and was able to transform it into something of her own. Because of her new dances and studies, Ruth St. Denis has inspired many others and changed the dance word

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