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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.
Born in Kiev in 1905, Serge Lifar discovered dance in 1920 after accompanying a friend to the studio of Bronislava Nijinska, the sister of the great Nijinsky. It proved to be a revelation… He became her student until the day she joined Serge Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes in Paris.
Back in Paris with the entire troupe, Serge Lifar discovered the Louvre and its endless rooms, Versailles and the impressive Gallery of Mirrors. Diaghilev entrusted him with the part of the dying slave in Scheherazade, and then that of one of the officers in Les Fâcheux, on a theme of Molière.
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...
The following year, Serge Lifar was appointed Ballet Master of the Paris Opera and he effectively took over the reins of the Ballet, devoting almost thirty years of his life to it.
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 disbanded...
