Serge Lifar, a Revolution in Dance (52')
SERGE LIFAR, A REVOLUTION IN DANCE (52')
INFORMATION
FR / 2016 / 52’ / HD / French, EnglishFrench Connection / M-Media / Directed by Florent Durth & Ivan Kuzmin
Worldwide rights available
TAGS
Ukraine, art, portrait
SYNOPSIS
France, renowned for its fondness for the arts, is perhaps best known for its ballet thanks to Ukrainian Serge Lifar. Despite his late start as a serious dancer at 16, Lifar found a place in ballet through his perseverance and unassailable stage presence, even working under Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes. However, Lifar wasn’t just limited to being a star onstage. He also rose to become an influential choreographer, a bonafide celebrity and one of the major figures in the renewal of 20th-century French ballet.