Gab Sorère
Gab Sorère | |
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Paris, France | |
Nationality | French |
Other names | Gaby Bloch Gaby Sorère |
Occupation(s) | choreographer, visual effects artist and art promoter |
Years active | 1898–1950s |
Partner(s) | Loie Fuller (1898–1928; her death) Damia (1928–1961) |
Gabrielle Bloch (17 February 1870
Early life
Gabrielle Bloch was born in Toul, Lorraine, France on February 17, 1870, and was the privileged daughter of a French banker, Julien Bloch (1843–1930).
Career
By 1898, Sorère was living with Fuller, stirring controversy, for being openly
The only surviving reel of her work is a segment from Le Lys de la Vie, and features a show within a show with classically-costumed figures dancing by the sea, a banquet, royal intrigue, and romance with René Clair featured as a prince on horseback.[16][17][18][19][20]
When she was not collaborating with Fuller, Sorère ran the furniture gallery and interior decorating salon owned by Eileen Gray. The gallery, known as Jean Désert, was open from 1922 to 1930.[2] During this time, in 1926, Sorère and Fuller accompanied Queen Marie on a tour of the United States.[21] The following year, Fuller became ill during the filming of Les Incertitudes de Coppélius and production was broken off while Sorère nursed her. The film was based upon E. T. A. Hoffmann's story, The Sandman and featured the dancers of Fuller's troupe. When she became ill with pneumonia, the dancers were sent on tour to Cairo and Sorère, who was directing the film, made plans for its completion after their return. Fuller died in 1928 and Sorère inherited both the business and the laboratory where the two women conducted experiments with lighting and paint.[22] She was protective of Fuller's legacy and was known to sue dancers who misrepresented themselves as having affiliations with Fuller or her dance troupe.[23]
After Fuller's death, Sorère became the partner of Damia[2] and continued to experiment with phosphorescent salts to achieve theatrical lighting effects.[24]
The 1934 film La Féerie des Ballets fantastiques de Loïe Fuller, produced by George R. Busby, featured choreography by Sorère, who had reconstructed some of Fuller's dances.
References
Citations
- ^ "Gab Sorère". geni.com. 29 November 1877.
- ^ a b c Corinne 2012, p. 434.
- ^ a b Lapeyre 2010.
- ^ a b Fuller 1913, p. 255.
- ^ Fuller 1913, p. 256.
- ^ Corinne 2012, p. 435.
- ^ Fuller 1913, p. 250.
- ^ Fuller 1913, p. 252.
- ^ a b Coleman 2007, p. 173.
- ^ The Sebastopol Times 1917, p. 8.
- ^ Garelick 2009, p. 175.
- ^ Townsend 2017, p. 151.
- ^ a b Ruprecht 2008, p. 232.
- ^ a b Garelick 2009, p. 56.
- ^ Garelick 2009, pp. 57–58.
- ^ ""La Loïe" as Pre-Cinematic Performance – Descriptive Continuity of Movement – Senses of Cinema". 26 July 2004.
- ^ "True Republican 8 January 1921 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections".
- ISBN 978-0-472-90416-7.
- JSTOR 1567904.
- ^ Camille Saint-Saëns and La Loïe Fuller at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
- ^ The Daily News 1926, p. 105.
- ^ The Evening News 1928, p. 4.
- ^ The Manchester Guardian 1929, p. 12.
- ^ Garelick 2009, p. 40.
- ^ de la Croix 2012, p. 54.
- ^ a b Albright 2016, p. 722.
- ^ Albright 2016, p. 721.
- ^ Loewel 2012.
Bibliography
- Albright, Ann Cooper (2016). "Resurrecting the Future: Body, Image, and Technology in the Work of Loïe Fuller". In Rosenberg, Douglas (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies. Oxford, England: ISBN 978-0-19-998160-1.
- Coleman, Bud (2007). "Fuller, Loie". In Harbin, Billy J.; Marra, Kim; Schanke, Robert A. (eds.). The Gay & Lesbian Theatrical Legacy: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Figures in American Stage History in the Pre-Stonewall Era. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. pp. 171–175. ISBN 978-0-472-06858-6.
- Corinne, Tee A. (2012). "Gray, Eileen (1878-1976)". In Summers, Claude (ed.). The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts. San Francisco, California: Cleis Press Inc. pp. 433–435. ISBN 978-1-57344-874-1.
- de la Croix, St. Sukie (2012). Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall. Madison, Wisconsin: ISBN 978-0-299-28693-4.
- Fuller, Loïe (1913). Fifteen Years of a Dancer's Life: With some account of her distinguished friends. London, England: Herbert Jenkins Limited. OCLC 5128465.
- Garelick, Rhonda K. (2009) [2007]. Electric Salome: Loie Fuller's Performance of Modernism. Princeton University Press. .
- Lapeyre, Françoise (2010). "Anna Bloch". Le Roman des voyageuses. Neubrandenburg, Germany. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- Loewel, Vanessa (15 January 2012). "Eine Wegbereiterin des modernen Tanzes" [A pioneer of modern dance] (in German). Cologne, Germany: Deutschlandradio. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- Ruprecht, Lucia (June 2008). "Review" (PDF). H-France Review. 8. Charleston, Illinois: Society for French Historical Studies: 322–325. ISSN 1553-9172. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- Townsend, Julie (2017). The Choreography of Modernism in France: La Danseuse 1830-1930. Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Modern Humanities Research Association; ISBN 978-1-351-19421-1.
- "Imprisoned Dancer Released". London, England:
- "Loie Fuller Sails; Denies Rift Talk". New York, New York:
- "Loie Fuller's Work in Life Will Be Carried on by Intimate Friend". Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: The Evening News. 28 January 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2018 – via
- "Waynflete Goes to France with Loie Fuller". Sebastopol, California: The Sebastopol Times. 26 October 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2018 – via