#sergelifar

#SergeLifar in Ballets Russes 'Ode', 1928

Portrait of ballet dancer and choreographer Serge Lifar (1904-1986). Lifar was another ballet dancer who became famous thanks to Sergei Diaghilev's Les Ballets Russes. As a choreographer, Lifar distanced himself from Diaghilev's view by emphasizing ballet as a distinct form of art with more importance than the music, costumes and decors. No more 'Gesamtkunstwerke' for Lifar, and that's one of the ways in which he modernized ballet. After Diaghilev's death in 1929, Lifar plundered the apartment of his mentor and lover, which meant the start of Lifar's own notable collection of ballet-related items and letters. After WWII, Lifar was suspended from the French stages because of his collaboration with the occupying Germans. #sergelifar #lifar #lesballetsrusses #sergeidiaghilev #balletdancer #choreographer #queerdancer #portrait https://www.instagram.com/p/CiHryPSN67y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Zinaida Serebriakova, Portrait of Serge Lifar, 1961

Mood 🖤 #CocoChanel & #SergeLifar via @utopiast_store Quiet but Powerful: #Minimalism in #Fashion 🖤 #katyakomarovainspiration (at Sydney, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtOuKAnDoyr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vmreqskv9qqb

🎨 Set for Icare by #SidneyNolan 1940 #BalletRusse #sergelifar #inspiration #firefly ✨ (at Studio JG)

🎭 #SergeLifar in Icare #BalletRusses 1935 #firefly #dragonfly #inspiration #monday ✨ (at Studio JG)

🎭 #SergeLifar & #OlgaSpessivtzeva in Bacchus and Ariane, Paris 1931 ✨ #inspiration (at Pier59 Studios)