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Serge Lifar Biography (1905-1986)

Born April 2, 1905, in Kiev, Russia; died in Lausanne, Switzerland, December15, 1986; son of Michel Lifar; married.

Nationality

Russian

Gender

Male

Birth Details

April 2, 1905

Kiev, Russia

Death Details

December 15, 1986

Lausanne, Switzerland

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--With the Diaghilev company, Paris, 1923.
• LONDON DEBUT--Cimarosiana and Les facheux, Coliseum, 1924.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Dancer, Cochran's 1930 Revue, London Pavilion, 1930.
• produced and danced in Paris: Bacchus and Ariadne; Le spectre de la rose;Giselle, 1931; Icare, 1935; David triomphant, 1936; Le chevalier et demoiselle, 1941; Jean de Zarissa, 1942; Suite en blanc, 1943; Chota Roustavelli, Dramma per Musica, 1946; Lucifer, 1948; Septour, Le chevalier errant, Phedre, 1950; Blanche neige, 1951; Fourberies de Scapin, 1952; Noces fantastiques, 1955; Romeo et Juliette, 1955.
• FIRST STAGE WORK--Choreographer, Le Renard, Ballets Russe, 1929.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
• Founder and director, Institute Choreographique, Opera National de Paris,1947-58, 1962-63.
• Ballet Master, Paris Opera, 1947-58, 1962-63.
• organizer of ballet for the coronation of the Shah of Iran, 1967.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Testament of Orpheus, 1960.
• Le Crime ne paie pas.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Choreographer, Nuits de feu.
• La Mort du cygne.
• Writings;BOOKS
• Traditional to Modern, 1938.
• Diaghilev, a Biography, 1940.
• Traite de la danse academique, 1950.
• Histoire du ballet russe, 1951.
• Vestris, 1951.
• Reflexions sur la danse, 1952.
• Traite de choreographie, 1952.
• The Three Graces, 1959.
• Ma vie (autobiography), 1969.