Bronze Sculpture of Théodore Rivière’s “La Danse du lys”

The “La Danse du lys” bronze sculpture is of the American performer Loïe Fuller in the midst of one of her famed dances, the dance of the lily. Here Fuller stands facing forward, supported by a singular leg as evidenced by her one foot on the textured base. Her left leg is extended in an arabesque creating tension in her skirt. That tension is released as one travels up the dancer’s body and observes her sleeves which float weightlessly around her outwardly extended and raised arms, her costume mimicking the shape of a lily flower.