MONACO DANCE FORUM - CINÉMA - PROJECTION
LA DANSEUSE - STÉPHANIE DI GIUSTO'S MOVIE

Born in the American Midwest, nothing in her background destined farm girl Loïe Fuller to become the toast of Europe’s Belle Epoque cabarets, even less to dance at the Paris Opera. Hidden behind metres of silk, her arms extended by long wooden rods, Loïe reinvents her body on stage and enthralls her audiences a little more every night with her revolutionary Serpentine dance. Dazzling the capital, she becomes an icon, the blazing symbol of a generation. Eminent admirers fall at her feet: Toulouse-Lautrec, the Lumière Brothers, Rodin. Even if the physical effort risks destroying her back, even if the glare of the stage lights sears her eyes, she will never falter in the quest to perfect her art. But her meeting with Isadora Duncan – a young prodigy hungry for glory – will lead to the downfall of this icon of the early 20th century…

THE DANCER: France, 2016, Color, 118 min.
Directed by: Stéphanie Di Giusto | Screenplay and dialogues: Stéphanie Di Giusto, Sarah Thibau, with the collaboration of Thomas Bidegain, freely adapted from the novel “Loïe Fuller, danseuse de la Belle Epoque” by Giovanni Lista.

With : Soko (Loïe Fuller), Gaspard Ulliel (Louis), Mélanie Thierry (Gabrielle), Lily-Rose Depp (Isadora Duncan), François Damiens (Marchand).