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Serzh Lifar's personal belongings in Ukraine

Serzh Lifar's personal belongings in Ukraine

2002, 1 min

"First National", 2002. The news release's story highlights the addition of 165 exhibits to the collection of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine — personal and donated items of Ukrainian and French ballet dancer Serge Lifar.

On the video: personal belongings of Serzh Lifar; a copy of the death mask; portraits; sculptures; comments by the Minister of Culture (2001–2005) Yuriy Bohutsky, and the Chairman of the State Commission for the Return of Cultural Values, Oleksandr Fedorchuk.

Lyubov Zabolotna and Konstantin Golubchik worked on the plot.

Reference: Serge Lifar is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, ballet master and dance theorist, born in the suburbs of Kyiv, known as one of the most outstanding dancers of the 20th century and the founder of neoclassicism in ballet. For over 30 years, he headed the ballet troupe of the Paris Grand Opera, staged over 200 performances, founded the Institute of Choreography at the Grand Opera and taught at the Sorbonne, receiving France's highest awards, including the Legion of Honor.