Nothing in Loe Fuller's upbringing in the American Midwest foretold that she would go on to become a Belle Epoque icon, let alone a dancer at the Paris Opéra Ballet. Even at the risk of breaking her back and burning her eyes from the stage lights, she will never give up on her goal to become the best dancer she can possibly be. However, it is her encounter with Isadora Duncan, a precocious young dancer yearning for fame and glory, that would set the stage for the demise of this cultural icon at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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Nothing in Loe Fuller's upbringing in the American Midwest foretold that she would go on to become a Belle Epoque icon, let alone a dancer at the Paris Opéra Ballet. Even at the risk of breaking her back and burning her eyes from the stage lights, she will never give up on her goal to become the best dancer she can possibly be. However, it is her encounter with Isadora Duncan, a precocious young dancer yearning for fame and glory, that would set the stage for the demise of this cultural icon at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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