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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...
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    York: Random House, 2015 Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev Online Collection and Serge Diaghilev / Serge Lifar Collection at the Library of Congress Howard...
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  • continues to perform. In 1929, Jacques Rouché invited 24-year-old dancer Serge Lifar to become the maitre de ballet of the Paris Opéra Ballet, which had fallen...
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    featuring the dancer Serge Lifar. Festival 'Fetes de Narcisses' in Montreux, Switzerland; June 1928. Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev at the Library...
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  • were codified by Serge Lifar in the 1930s while serving as Ballet Master at the Paris Opéra Ballet, though their use is limited to Lifar's choreographies...
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    staged in Paris on 21 May 1929, choreographed by George Balanchine with Serge Lifar in the title role, the audience and critics were particularly struck...
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  • Assembly of France Serge Leuko (born 1993), Cameroonian professional footballer Serge Leveur (born 1957), French pole vaulter Serge Lifar (1905–1986), French...
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    flowers—camellias, gardenias, orchids, azaleas and a few red roses. Salvador Dalí, Serge Lifar, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Jacques Chazot, Yves Saint Laurent and Marie-Hélène...
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  • neo-classical works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, ballets by Serge Lifar, Roland Petit, Maurice Béjart, Pierre Lacotte and Angelin Preljocaj,...
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    President Calvin Coolidge, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, ballet legend Serge Lifar, philanthropist William E. Harmon, Hollywood matinée idol Sessue Hayakawa...
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    1950: Title role (cr) in Phedre (Serge Lifar), Paris Opera Ballet, Paris Principal dancer (cr) in L'Inconnue (Lifar), Paris Opera Ballet, Paris Principal...
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  • Ballet since the 19th century, but it was only in 1940 that ballet master Serge Lifar decided to codify the title at the top of the company's hierarchy. Unlike...
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    and his ascent as a god to Mount Parnassus. The original cast included Serge Lifar as Apollo, Alice Nikitina as Terpsichore (alternating with Alexandra...
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    choreography was provided by Albert Aveline (1883–1968) (first entrée), Serge Lifar (second and fourth entrées) and Harald Lander (third entrée). In the...
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    Concerto Barocco (1941) Symphony in C (1947) Agon (1957) Jewels (1967) Serge Lifar Les Créatures de Prométhée (1929) Le Spectre de la rose (personal version)...
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    Choreographed by Igor Zelensky and Yana Serebriakova. Prize Winner, Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition (2002) Gold medal and Audience Award...
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    actress Boris Levit-Broun (born 1950), Russian poet, writer, and artist Serge Lifar (1905–1986), French ballet dancer Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935), pioneer...
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  • von Koenig-Warthausen, 80, German aviator and world circumnavigator. Serge Lifar, 81, Soviet and French ballet dancer and choreographer (Paris Opera)...
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    Alexandra Danilova and Serge Lifar, Apollon Musagète, 1928...
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    Wretched and remorseful, he drags himself back to his forgiving father." Serge Lifar created the role. The premiere took place on Tuesday, May 21, 1929, at...
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    Postlude (first performed in 1948). Honegger also collaborated with Serge Lifar for Icare (1935) for percussion and double bass, then for Le Cantique...
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    its Origins and Evolution. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-94256-X. Lifar, Serge. (1954). A history of Russian ballet from its origins to the present...
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    Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor 2018 The White Crow Serge Lifar 2018 Rémi sans famille Jérôme Barberin 2020 Belle Fille Anto 2021 The...
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    issue of La Revue musicale, which featured an article by ballet master Serge Lifar that began by praising Stravinsky's genius but turned to criticizing...
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    (daughter of Serge Ivanoff wife of José Torres), Paris, 1932 Yvette Chauviré, the noble lady of the "Chevalier et la Damoiselle", Serge Lifar's latest ballet...
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    Baeumker (wife of Adolf Baeumker), approx 1941 Gerhart Hauptmann, 1942 Serge Lifar, 1942–43 Aristide Maillol, 1942–43 Alfred Cortot, 1942–43 Abel Bonnard...
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  • Africa Edwaard Liang - Taiwanese-born American dancer and choreographer Serge Lifar - Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer Maude Lloyd - South African...
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  • Les Animaux modèles (category Ballets by Serge Lifar)
    composed and was staged at the Paris Opéra in 1942, with choreography by Serge Lifar, who also danced in the 1942 premiere. The themes of the ballet are drawn...
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  • shortly afterward. Her most prominent pupil while in Kyiv was local dancer Serge Lifar, who went on to become principal dancer with the Ballets Russes in 1923...
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    Wladimir Porché, brought the greatest French artists, such as Sacha Guitry, Serge Lifar and Maurice Chevalier, to the cameras of the Radiovision-PTT studio....
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