Серж Лифарь революция в танце (Документальный, 2017)

Portrait of the dancer and choreographer Serge Lifars path to stardom is a true Cinderella story. After fleeing his native, wartorn Ukraine at the age of 17 to join Diaghilevs Ballets Russes as a simple dancer, by the age of 25 he was already a choreographer and ballet master at the Paris Opéra. Serge Lifar fascinated the public and found himself at the crossroads of contemporary artistic creation, collaborating with Picasso, Bakst, Chanel, and Cocteau. His technique and his creativity revolutionized ballet and gave birth to a new neoclassical esthetic. Explore his life and work with his French biographers JeanPierre Pastori and Florence Poudru and the star dancers Charles Jude, Claude Bessy, Attilio Labis, Gilbert Meyer, and Cyril all illustrated by neverbeforeseen archival footage and excerpts from his most beautiful works. Directors Florent Durth, Ivan Kuzmin French Connection Films, 2017