Serge Lifar
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Serge Lifar (real name Russian: Сергей Михайлович Лифарь, Sergei Mihailovich Lifar) (April 2, 1905, Kiev, Russian Empire - December 15, 1986, Lausanne, Switzerland) was Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of French origin,[1] famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century.
In the summer of 1994 on the stage of the National Ukraine Opera the First International Ballet Contest was held named after Serge Lifar. The new contest happened to be unique. For the first time in Europe young ballet artists and balletmasters contended simultaneously. The Sixth Lifar International Ballet Competition was held in April, 2006.
