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Author Heinecke, Liz Lee, author.

Title Radiant : the dancer, the scientist, and a friendship forged in light / Liz Heinecke.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, 2021.
©2021

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  792.8 HEINECKE    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  792.8 HEINECKE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  792.802 HEINECKE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Biography  B-FULLER HEI    Missing
 New Britain, Main Library - New Materials  92 FULLER, LOI    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  BIOG FULLER, LOIE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324).
Summary "At the turn of the century, Paris was a hotbed of creativity. Technology boomed, delivering to the world electric light, the automobile, and new ways to treat disease, while imagination blossomed, creating Art Nouveau, motion pictures, and modernist literature. A pivotal figure during this time, yet largely forgotten today, Loie Fuller was an American performance artist who became a living symbol of the Art Nouveau movement with her hypnotic dances and stunning theatrical effects. Credited today as the pioneer of modern dance, she was perennially broke, never took no for an answer, spent most of her life with a female partner, and never questioned her drive. She was a visionary, a renegade, and a loyal friend. In the early 1900s, she heard about Marie Curie's discovery of a glowing blue element and dreamed of using it to dazzle audiences on stage. While Loie's dream wouldn't be realized, her connection with Marie and their shared fascination with radium endured. RADIANT is the true story of Marie Curie and Loie Fuller, two revolutionary women drawn together at the dawn of a new era by a singular discovery, and the lifelong friendship that grew out of their shared passion for enlightenment"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928.
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 -- Friends and associates.
Women dancers -- United States -- Biography.
Women physicists -- France -- Biography.
Women scientists -- France -- Biography.
Modern dance -- France -- History.
Stage lighting -- History.
Radium -- Social aspects.
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934. (OCoLC)fst00064685
Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928. (OCoLC)fst00030662
Friendship. (OCoLC)fst00935174
Modern dance. (OCoLC)fst01024421
Stage lighting. (OCoLC)fst01131318
Women dancers. (OCoLC)fst01177550
Women physicists. (OCoLC)fst01178305
Women scientists. (OCoLC)fst01178507
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 9781538717363 (hardcover)
1538717360 (hardcover)
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