Starting in the mid-1890s with Anabelle Whitford's version for the Edison company, quite a few other filmed versions of the Serpentine Dance appeared over the next decade and a half. Loïe Fuller (who claimed to have originated the dance) made many of these--including a very famous one for the Lumière brothers and quite a few for the Spanish director Segundo de Chomón. "Loïe Fuller" is the first or one of the first performances by this famous dancer for Chomón.
Like most of the early Serpentine Dance films, this one is pretty straight-forward, as Fuller spins about while rhythmically moving her arms to make for an interesting effect. However, and this is important, it is not nearly as good as the earlier versions, nor does it add to the original concept such as when Chomón made "The Birth of the Serpentine Dance"--which had some actual plot and seemed to imply that Satan created the dance! Because the film isn't innovative in the least, I recommend you just see the Edison or Lumière versions--which are quite mesmerizing.
Like most of the early Serpentine Dance films, this one is pretty straight-forward, as Fuller spins about while rhythmically moving her arms to make for an interesting effect. However, and this is important, it is not nearly as good as the earlier versions, nor does it add to the original concept such as when Chomón made "The Birth of the Serpentine Dance"--which had some actual plot and seemed to imply that Satan created the dance! Because the film isn't innovative in the least, I recommend you just see the Edison or Lumière versions--which are quite mesmerizing.