{"product_id":"3208-lifar-serge-du-temps-que-j-avais-faim-inscribed-to-raymond-bayer","title":"Lifar, Serge. (1905-1986) \"Du Temps que J'avais Faim,\" Inscribed to Raymond Bayer","description":"8vo. 244 pp. Softcover volume, boldly signed and inscribed on the title page: \"A Raymond Bayer, Son ami Serge Lifar. Paris 1938.\" Spine quite worn but covers holding fine and overall in very good condition.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eBorn in 1905, Russian-born, Serge Lifar was introduced to dance in 1920 by Bronislava Nijinska, under whom he began to study. Brought to France to join Sergei Diaghilev’s \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eBallets Russes\u003c\/i\u003e, Lifar studied with Cecchetti and became premier danseur of the company and created the title roles in a number of George Balanchine’s early ballets, including \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Prodigal Son. \u003c\/i\u003eHe later became director of the Paris Opera Ballet (1929) and there created over 50 ballets, including the path-breaking \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eIcare\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), which was written to be danced without music.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaymond Bayer (1898 - 1960) was an important French philosopher who wrote influential essays on grace and aesthetics including the \"Histoire de l'esthétique\" and who founded in 1947 the \"Revue d'esthétique.\"\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093184860319,"sku":"3208","price":132.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Lifar_Bayer_3208_01.jpg?v=1722186462","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/3208-lifar-serge-du-temps-que-j-avais-faim-inscribed-to-raymond-bayer","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}