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  • Serge Lifar
    Serge Lifar

    …with this controversial concept in Icare (1935; “Icarus”), in which he created the title role. The work was performed solely to a percussion accompaniment that was added after the choreography had been completed. In later ballets he utilized more conventional music but continued to dictate to his composers or musical…

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    …with this controversial concept in Icare (1935; “Icarus”), in which he created the title role. The work was performed solely to a percussion accompaniment that was added after the choreography had been completed. In later ballets he utilized more conventional music but continued to dictate to his composers or musical…

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