French ballet has occupied a central place in Western European culture for 350 years, at least. Whenever New Yorkers feel inclined to boast about their dance scene, Parisians can remind them of their ...

You don’t have to know a pas de deux from a tutu to enjoy the Wadsworth Atheneum’s opulent display of its Serge Lifar Collection, the world’s most comprehensive array of set and costume designs and ...

New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. 413 pages, $5 The Russian Renaissance is a curiously lovely thing to look back at over one’s shoulder, blending as it does priceless artistic magic with a touch of eerie ...

When Vaslav Nijinsky’s brain cracked so that he could no longer recognize people or places, his friends had the idea of taking him once more to see the Diaghilev Ballet which he had helped to make the ...

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 ...

The last remnants of one of the greatest private collections of Ballets Russes material goes on view in Geneva this week, prior to being sold on March 13th. The works were all owned by Serge Lifar, ...

23.8 x 15.5 cm. (9.4 x 6.1 in.) ...