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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"51 items in 11 folders, in 1 document size box"}
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{"value"=>"*MGZMD 77", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19718", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1924-1928", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1924/1928"}
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1924
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1928
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1924
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Serge Lifar letters to Serge Diaghilev"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Dance Collection. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</span>"}
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{"value"=>"Serge Lifar letters to Serge Diaghilev, *MGZMD 77. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>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 in 1929.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>These letters were written by <span class=\"persname\">Lifar</span> to<span class=\"persname\">Diaghilev</span> when <span class=\"persname\">Lifar</span> was 19 to 23 years old. Sotheby's described the contents of the collection: \"The letters are in Russian and are about Lifar's education in Italy, supervised by Diaghilev, and his ballet studies including his lessons with<span class=\"persname\"> Enrico Cecchetti</span> in<span class=\"geogname\"> Turin</span>, reporting Ceccehtti's changes in his arm movements... his problems with his hands, consultations with doctors, his attempts to learn French, his visits to <span class=\"geogname\">Florence</span>,<span class=\"geogname\"> Fiesole</span>, <span class=\"geogname\">Milan</span> and...<span class=\"geogname\">Venice,</span> his impressions on seeing the works of<span class=\"persname\"> Raphael</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Botticelli</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Mantegna</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Michelangelo</span>... his relationship with Diaghilev...his opinions of other dancers ... his own performances...(<span class=\"title\">Tricorne</span>)... [and] rehearsals for <span class=\"title\">Zephyr et Flore</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Triumph of Neptune</span>...\"</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- container
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{"value"=>"For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog."}
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"DAN"}
{"date"=>"12/30/1991", "materials"=>"<no materials specified>", "source"=>"Sotheby's", "method"=>"Purchase", "price"=>"$4,000", "value"=>"<no materials specified>: Purchase, Sotheby's, 12/30/1991"}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p>Available on microfilm; New York Public Library; call number *ZBD-565</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>In Russian, the letters discuss Lifar's education in Italy, supervised by Diaghilev; his ballet studies, including his lessons with Enrico Cecchetti in Turin; his visits to Florence; his impressions on seeing the works of Raphael, Botticelli, Mantegna and Michelangelo; concerts at La Scala; and his relationship with Diaghilev</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Henley Haslam; machine-readable finding aid created by Catherine Johnson.</p>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"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 in 1929. These letters were written by <span class=\"persname\">Lifar</span> to<span class=\"persname\">Diaghilev</span> when <span class=\"persname\">Lifar</span> was 19 to 23 years old. Sotheby's described the contents of the collection: \"The letters are in Russian and are about Lifar's education in Italy, supervised by Diaghilev, and his ballet studies including his lessons with<span class=\"persname\"> Enrico Cecchetti</span> in<span class=\"geogname\"> Turin</span>, reporting Ceccehtti's changes in his arm movements... his problems with his hands, consultations with doctors, his attempts to learn French, his visits to <span class=\"geogname\">Florence</span>,<span class=\"geogname\"> Fiesole</span>, <span class=\"geogname\">Milan</span> and...<span class=\"geogname\">Venice,</span> his impressions on seeing the works of<span class=\"persname\"> Raphael</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Botticelli</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Mantegna</span>, and <span class=\"persname\">Michelangelo</span>... his relationship with Diaghilev...his opinions of other dancers ... his own performances...(<span class=\"title\">Tricorne</span>)... [and] rehearsals for <span class=\"title\">Zephyr et Flore</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Triumph of Neptune</span>...\"", "generated"=>true}
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1924
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1928