Serge Lifar was a French choreographer, ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1905 in Pyrohiv, who died in 1986. This page lists 3 works credited to Lifar as choreographer, including Les Animaux modèles, Bacchus and Ariadne and Suite en Blanc.
Biography
Serge Lifar (Ukrainian: Сергій Михайлович Лифар, romanized: Serhii Mykhailovych Lyfar; 20 March [O.S. 7 March] 1905 – 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian dancer. Lifar was also a choreographer, director, writer, theoretician about dance, and collector.
As ballet master of the Paris Opera from 1930 to 1944, and from 1947 to 1958, he devoted himself to the restoration of the technical level of the Paris Opera Ballet, returning it to its place as one of the best companies in the world.
Works choreographed by Serge Lifar
| Title | Type | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Bacchus and Ariadne | ballet | 1931 |
| Les Animaux modèles | ballet | 1942 |
| Suite en Blanc | ballet | 1943 |
Contemporaries
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Dora Maar
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cohabitant of Pablo Picasso (1909–1977)
Irina Grjebine
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Henri Tomasi
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Boris Knyazev
choreographer
David Lichine
ballet dancer and choreographer (1910-1972)
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