The Electricity Fairy: Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era Collection

The inspiring true story of Loïe Fuller, a radical nineteenth-century art nouveau icon who turned artificial light into performance art and became the incandescent inventor of modern dance.In a new era lit by Edison bulbs, Loïe Fuller was the quicksilver that connected scientific and artistic inspiration.

In a flurry of shifting lights and serpentine spins, she inspired the earliest films of Georges Méliès and held Jean Cocteau spellbound.

She even sought out the Curies for a radioactive showstopper.

In this transportive and hypnotic historical narrative, the uninhibited Folies Bergère superstar la fée lumière is finally restored to her shimmering, glorious place in modern history.