LOÏE FULLER: RESEARCH
OLA MACIEJEWSKA
In 2024, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is presenting Loïe Fuller: Research by Ola Maciejewska as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in Japan.
Loïe Fuller: Research reactivates the famous Serpentine Dance created by Loie Fuller, a ontroversial figure in the Western dance tradition who merged dance with special effects to transform herself into a flame, ocean waves, and other natural phenomena by incorporating yards of silk attached to bamboo wands into her choreographies. Maciejewska confronts the myth of the icon, its paradoxes, and the untraceable in the work. By archiving dance through the body, the work provides a unique lens into the history of choreography, its transmission, and emancipation.
About the artist
Ola Maciejewska
In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting Ola Maciejewska in the creation of CYKLE.
