DANCER

Serge Lifar

1904 - 1986

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Serge Lifar (Ukrainian: Сергій Михайлович Лифар, Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar) (15 April [O.S. 2 April] 1905 – 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian dancer, choreographer, and one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Serge Lifar has received more than 157,046 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Serge Lifar is the 21st most popular dancer (up from 22nd in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Dancer.

Serge Lifar was a Russian-born French dancer and choreographer. He is most famous for his work as a ballet dancer and choreographer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Serge Lifar ranks 21 out of 116. Before him are Jean-Georges Noverre, Martha Graham, Michel Fokine, Tamara Karsavina, Galina Ulanova, and George Balanchine. After him are Alicia Alonso, Carlo Blasis, Izumo no Okuni, Bronislava Nijinska, Olga Khokhlova, and Filippo Taglioni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Serge Lifar ranks 54. Before him are Nikolai Kuznetsov, John Gielgud, Gerhard Herzberg, George Balanchine, František Plánička, and Charles J. Pedersen. After him are Donald O. Hebb, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Moshé Feldenkrais, Josef Bühler, Peter Lorre, and Henri Cartan. Among people deceased in 1986, Serge Lifar ranks 52. Before him are Altiero Spinelli, Ray Milland, Adolfo Celi, Vincente Minnelli, Juan Rulfo, and Michel de Certeau. After him are Theodor Busse, Gusztáv Sebes, Lilli Palmer, Marcel Dassault, Raymond Loewy, and Ferdinand Daučík.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Serge Lifar ranks 164 out of 1,365. Before him are Valentin Glushko (1908), Juliusz Słowacki (1809), Boris Savinkov (1879), Richard von Mises (1883), Henryk Siemiradzki (1843), and Yevhen Konovalets (1891). After him are Tamara Press (1937), Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), Andriy Melnyk (1890), Sigismund Korybut (1395), Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873), and Marina Mniszech (1588).

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Among DANCERS In Ukraine

Among dancers born in Ukraine, Serge Lifar ranks 2. Before him are Vaslav Nijinsky (1889). After him are Olga Khokhlova (1891), Natalia Dudinskaya (1912), Svetlana Zakharova (1979), Sergei Polunin (1989), and Masha Dashkina Maddux (1986).

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