Lifar

American  

[lyi-fahr] / ljɪˈfɑr /

noun

1. Serge 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.

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Lifar British  

/ ljiˈfar /

noun

1. Serge (sɛrʒ). 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer: ballet master at the Paris Opera Ballet (1932–58). His ballets include Prométhée (1929), Icare (1935), and Phèdre (1950)

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Lifar

In the 1990s, Devi traveled to Moscow to give a talk, accompanied by David and Iana Lifar, the Argentine couple who were her constant companions during the last years of her life.

From Time ● Jun. 10, 2015

My favorite dance is a delicious parody of French postwar avant-garde ballet—a Serge Lifar sort of business, with flexed feet and gold lamé spaceman costumes—that is performed at a swanky party that Jerry attends.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015

He later performed with companies led by the Marquis de Cuevas, Serge Lifar and Alicia Alonso before joining City Ballet.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2012

The film includes rare performance footage of this Paris Opera Ballet étoile in works by Gene Kelly, Serge Lifar and Maurice Béjart.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2010

Lifar had planned to have his helicopters dance to The Beautiful Blue Danube and a Berlioz march; somebody had forgotten to switch on the loudspeakers.

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