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[Dance] Brassaï [Gyula Halasz] (1899-1984) [Lifar, Serge. (1905-1986)]. Marina Semyonova & Serge Lifar Rehearsing for the Ballet "Giselle" - Original Photograph. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 1936. Stamped "Brassai. 81, Rue Du Faub St. Jacques Paris XIV..." 7 x 8.5 inches [17.5 x 21.5 cm]. In fine condition.
At the Paris Opera House, Ms. Semyonova danced the title role in “Giselle,” with Serge Lifar as her partner. It was a new interpretation of the role — “the romantic and sad image of Giselle took on a more down-to-earth quality, an acquired will and determination,” according to The International Encyclopedia of Dance — that press accounts of the time describe as, at one point, eliciting such applause that Ms. Semyonova had to repeat a solo. Lifar, however, criticized her, writing, in his 1939 book, “A History of Russian Ballet,” that Ms. Semyonova’s characterization “was completely lacking in romantic spirit.”
At the Paris Opera House, Ms. Semyonova danced the title role in “Giselle,” with Serge Lifar as her partner. It was a new interpretation of the role — “the romantic and sad image of Giselle took on a more down-to-earth quality, an acquired will and determination,” according to The International Encyclopedia of Dance — that press accounts of the time describe as, at one point, eliciting such applause that Ms. Semyonova had to repeat a solo. Lifar, however, criticized her, writing, in his 1939 book, “A History of Russian Ballet,” that Ms. Semyonova’s characterization “was completely lacking in romantic spirit.”
[Dance] Brassaï [Gyula Halasz] (1899-1984) [Lifar, Serge. (1905-1986)]. Marina Semyonova & Serge Lifar Rehearsing for the Ballet "Giselle" - Original Photograph. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 1936. Stamped "Brassai. 81, Rue Du Faub St. Jacques Paris XIV..." 7 x 8.5 inches [17.5 x 21.5 cm]. In fine condition.
At the Paris Opera House, Ms. Semyonova danced the title role in “Giselle,” with Serge Lifar as her partner. It was a new interpretation of the role — “the romantic and sad image of Giselle took on a more down-to-earth quality, an acquired will and determination,” according to The International Encyclopedia of Dance — that press accounts of the time describe as, at one point, eliciting such applause that Ms. Semyonova had to repeat a solo. Lifar, however, criticized her, writing, in his 1939 book, “A History of Russian Ballet,” that Ms. Semyonova’s characterization “was completely lacking in romantic spirit.”
At the Paris Opera House, Ms. Semyonova danced the title role in “Giselle,” with Serge Lifar as her partner. It was a new interpretation of the role — “the romantic and sad image of Giselle took on a more down-to-earth quality, an acquired will and determination,” according to The International Encyclopedia of Dance — that press accounts of the time describe as, at one point, eliciting such applause that Ms. Semyonova had to repeat a solo. Lifar, however, criticized her, writing, in his 1939 book, “A History of Russian Ballet,” that Ms. Semyonova’s characterization “was completely lacking in romantic spirit.”