Looking back at the Ballets Russes: rediscovering Serge Lifar. (Lifar's life and art collection)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: October 1, 1997| Author: Garafola, Lynn | Copyright information

Lifar did not begin to study dance until he was 15, but he became the star of the Ballets Russes between 1925 and 1929. He created ballets and was remembered for his revivals, as well as for his association with the Nazis. The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT, is exhibiting his art collection.

This month, with the opening of the exhibition, "Design, Dance and Music of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929," at Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum, Serge Lifar returns briefly to the limelight...

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