Acting
Serge Lifar
- Born
- Apr 15, 1905 · Aged 81
- Died
- Dec 15, 1986
- Place of birth
- Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 3
- TV credits
- 3
Also known as (2)
- Sergei Michailowitsch Lifar
- Serhij Mychajlowytsch Lyfar
Biography
Serge Lifar (Ukrainian: Сергій Михайлович Лифар, Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar) (15 April [O.S. 2 April] 1905 – 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. Not only a 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. Lifar…
