Here’s a fun interview I did with Inside Edition when “Radiant” came out. The video includes lots of great photos and I brought out my own miniscule piece of radium, in an antique spinthariscope, and demonstrated how uranium glass glows under black light! Watch the segment by clicking here.
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Read MoreApril 1892
In April of 1892, Loie Fuller had begun performing her original Serpentine Dance at theaters all over New York City, including Madison Square Theater(New York Hoyt’s company), Palmer’s Theater and Madison Square Garden Concert Hall. By the end of the month, she’d added a flower dance to her repertoire. Unfortunately, her unique dance was so …
Read MoreWhen Loïe Met Marie: Marie Curie and Loïe Fuller’s Documented Interactions
Because I wanted Radiant- The Dancer, The Scientist and a Friendship Forged in Light to read like a novel, I decided to forgo footnotes and place my sources in an extensive bibliography at the end of the book. To make it easier to locate primary documents specifically related to interactions between Marie Curie and Loïe …
Read MorePhotos from Liz’s Loie Fuller collection
While writing the RADIANT, I collected old postcards, along with antique magazine and newspaper articles featuring Loie Fuller. Here are a few images of La Loie, including a trading card photo of her famous butterfly skirt, and a magazine print of Loie climbing into a London cabby. If you share the images, please credit LizLeeHeinecke.com …
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Radiant is available for preorder now everywhere books are sold! If you’ve preordered a copy of Radiant, click here for a free bookplate signed by Liz.
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My newest book- RADIANT, The Dancer, The Scientist, and a Friendship Forged in Light– comes out in February of 2021. I’ll be sharing photos and other interesting documents that didn’t make thier way into the book on this website, so you can take a closer look at the lives of Loie Fuller and Marie Curie. …
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