Author: Lifar, Serge (1905-1986) Title: Original Photographs of Serge Lifar with the Ballet Star Maris Liepa. Signed and Annotated
Description: Cannes: 1971. 2 color photograph. 9 x 9 cm. One annotated and dated by Lifar verso at his house "Les Lauriers." .Maris Liepa was born on 27th July 1936 in Riga, and studied at the ballet school of the Latvian National Opera and then the Moscow Choreographic School. As a young dancer of extraordinary talent, he worked first in Riga and then at Moscow’s Stanislavsky Theatre, before being invited to the Bolshoi in 1960. During his many seasons with the Bolshoi, Liepa performed all the leading classical and modern roles. His performances in Le Corsaire, The Swan Lake, La Bayadere and Spartacus were particularly celebrated, and he was awarded the Lenin Prize for the role of Crassus in Spartacus.. Provenance: Archive Jean ROBIN. Jean Robin was an impressario of the dance, administrator and Director of tours of the ballets of the Champs-Elysées from 1945 to 1951, creator and director of the Festival Internationnal de Danse de Paris from 1963 to 1989, artistic director of the theater of the Champs-Elysées from 1954 to 1967, creator and director of the festival "Mai de Versailles" from 1961 to 1977, general secretary of the Orchestra of Paris from 1967 to 1976, director of the theater of the Gaité Lyrique from 1967 to 1973, vice-president of the International Center of the dance .. Jean Robin is considered a pioneer for having established an annual event of truly international scope, dedicated to dance in all its forms. He collaborated with many artists (Cocteau, Boris Kochno, Sauguet, Auric, Roland Petit, Jean Babilée, Maurice Béjart, Rudolf Noureev..). He was also a friend of Serge Lifar (1905-1986) from whom he acquired a collection of art and artifacts. .
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Price: US$ 200.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
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