Serge Lifar letters to Serge Diaghilev, 1924-1929.

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Serge Lifar letters to Serge Diaghilev, 1924-1929.

Includes 5 letters describing Lifar's dance lessons with Enrico Cecchetti, impressions of musical concerts and rehearsals of ballets.

1 box (.3 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796462

Houghton Library

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Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929

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Serge Diaghilev was a Russian ballet impresario, the founder, producer and artistic director of Ballets Russes. In his late years he turned to book and manuscript collecting. He built up a collection of rare Russian printed books, manuscripts and scores. From the description of Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938 (inclusive), 1925-1929 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80095680 From the guide to the Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938...

Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986

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Russian dancer and choreographer. From the description of Serge Lifar autograph letter to Leonide Massine, ca. 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 370392712 Serge Lifar, dancer, choreographer and author, was born in Kiev, Russia in 1905. He studied with Bronislava Nijinska, who brought him to Paris in 1923 where he joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He became a protege of Diaghilev, was named premiere danseur in 1925, and remained with the company through it s last season i...

Cecchetti, Enrico, 1850-1928

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