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Serge Lifar (Ukrainian: Сергій Михайлович Лифар, Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar) (15 April [O.S. 2 April] 1905 – 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian dancer, choreographer, and one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. Lifar was also a choreographer, director, writer, theoretician about dance, and collector.
Serge Lifar, Ukrainian-born French dancer, choreographer, and ballet master (1929–45, 1947–58) of the Paris Opera Ballet who enriched its repertoire, reestablished its reputation as a leading ballet company, and enhanced the position of male dancers in a company long dominated by ballerinas.
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Serge Lifar trained the young Étoile dancers (Yvette Chauviré, Liane Daydé, Lycette Darsonval, Claude Bessy, and Christine Vaussard…), and he revitalised the Corps de ballet. He also introduced evenings devoted entirely to ballet.
Serge Lifar (1905-1986) Directors, ballet masters, stage directors, choreographers, architects... Octave discovers the personalities that have marked the history of the Opera which continues to attract the great names of music and dance. Serge Lifar was born in Kiev and was mobilized by the Red Army at the age of sixteen.
Dec 17, 1986 · Serge Lifar, the colorful, internationally known dancer and choreographer who, as director of the Paris Opera Ballet, was considered the chief architect of modern French ballet, died Monday in ...
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Jan 4, 1987 · When Serge Lifar was first introduced to the dancers in the Paris Opera Ballet in 1929, their attitude toward the new Russian guest star from Diaghilev's recently...
