Biography

Serge Lifar was born on January 13, 1905 in Kyiv, Kyiv Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for Ballerina (1937), Nuits de feu (1937) and Große Tänzer (1954). He was married to Inga-Lisa Amlefeldt. He died on December 15, 1986 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Last world-famous dancer to emerge under the tutelage of Diaghilev.