On 29th of May 2019 in Kiev opened Serge Lifar Golden Shoe Mini Sculpture - bronze copy of golden ballet shoe of international award in choreography which was presented to Serge Lifar in 1955.

The installation of the sculpture is a part of tourist project "Search" created by travel guide Yulia Bevzenko.

Author of Serge Lifar Golden Shoe Mini Sculpture is sculptor Yurii Biliavskii.

This moment there are other main symbols of Kiev that are presented in mini-sculptures around Kiev city center - Chicken Kiev, Kiev Chestnut, Kiev Cake, Kiev Tram, Kiev First Car Benz Velo, Kiev Brick Plinfa, Kiev Elephant, Kiev Gramophone, Kiev Golden Pectoral, Fountain of Samson, Kiev Computer, Golden Gates, Kyrylo the Tanner.

Serge Lifar Golden Shoe | History of Award

The highest award in choreography Serge Lifar was awarded for his 25-year work in National Opera of France. It kept in Serge Lifar's house till 1994 when Countess Lillian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig specially arrived in Kiev to hand over the Golden Shoe to Ukrainian Treasures Museum during a meeting with President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma.

Next the original of the Golden Shoe moved to funds of National Museum of History of Ukraine. Unfortunately the exhibit is not available for observation of visitors.

“I always perceived Seryozha as a child who lost his homeland,” - Lillan Alefeld-Laurvig said about Serge Lifar.

Organizers of Serge Lifar Golden Shoe Mini Sculpture

Team of Project "Search"
Hotel Premier Palace
Kiev, Ukraine

Pavel Korsun
Tour Guide
Ukraine tours and Kiev tours

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