Serge Lifar (Russian: Sergey Mikhaylovich Lifar) made his debut at the Ballets Russes in 1923, where he became the principal dancer in 1925. Lifar was considered the successor to Nijinsky in the Ballets Russes. He was cast at the age of 21 opposite Tamara Karsavina in Nijinska's Roméo et Juliette (1926) ; Karsavina was twice his age. He originated leading roles in three Balanchine ballets for the Ballet Russes, including La Chatte (1927), with a score by French composer Henri Sauguet and based on an Aesop fable, which featured Lifar's famous entrance in a 'chariot' formed by his male companions; Apollon Musagète (1928) with a score by Stravinsky depicting the birth of the Greek God Apollo and his encounter with the three muses, Calliope, Polyhymnia, and Terpsichore; and Le Fils prodigue (The Prodigal Son) (1929), with a score by Prokofiev, the last great ballet of the Diaghilev era.
*(Wikipedia)
Very soon - tomorrow - on October 23 - Maria Khoreva will dance again the role of Terpsichore in the ballet "Apollo" at the Mariinsky Theater. We are waiting!
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5 авг 2024
