| Preface and acknowledgments | p. 9 |
| The Lifar Collection in the Wadsworth Atheneum | p. 12 |
| Introduction | |
| The Serge Lifar Collection | p. 18 |
| Design for the Theater | p. 24 |
| The Costumes | p. 31 |
| Diaghilev's Ballets Russes | p. 35 |
| General note | p. 54 |
| Borsi Anisfeldt | |
| Snegourotchka (The Snow Maiden), 1922 | p. 56 |
| Leon Bakst | |
| Feya Kukol (Puppenfee or The Fairy Doll), 1903 | p. 59 |
| Scheherazade, 1910 | p. 62 |
| Le Spectre de la rose (The Spirit of the Rose), 1911 | p. 67 |
| Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), 1912 | p. 71 |
| L'Apres-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun), 1912 | p. 74 |
| Daphnis and Chloe, 1912 | p. 79 |
| Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur (The Good-Humored Ladies), 1917 | p. 82 |
| Aladin ou la Lampe Merveilleuse (Aladin or the Magic Lamp), 1919 | p. 85 |
| The Sleeping Princess, 1921 | p. 87 |
| Andre Bauchant | p. 102 |
| Apollon Musagete (Apollo), 1928 | p. 103 |
| Alexandre Benois | |
| Le Pavillon d'Armide (Armida's Pavilion), 1909 | p. 108 |
| Petrushka, 1911 | p. 117 |
| Le Rossignol (The Nightingale), 1914 | p. 128 |
| Giselle ou les Wilis (Giselle or the Wilis), 1924 | p. 132 |
| Christian Berard | |
| Night, 1930 | p. 138 |
| Georges Braque | |
| Les Facheux (The Society Bores), 1924 | p. 147 |
| Zephire et Flore, 1925 | p. 150 |
| Les Sylphides, 1926 | p. 153 |
| Giorgio de Chirico | |
| Le Bal (The Ball), 1929 | p. 155 |
| Bacchus et Ariane (Bacchus and Ariadne), 1931 | p. 172 |
| Jean Cocteau | p. 176 |
| Paul Colin | |
| L'Orchestre en Liberte, 1931 | p. 178 |
| Andre Derain | |
| La Boutique Fantasque (The Fantastic Toy Shop), 1919 | p. 182 |
| Jack-in-the-Box, 1926 | p. 185 |
| Mstislav Dobujinsky | |
| Papillons (Butterflies), 1914 | p. 191 |
| Max Ernst | |
| Romeo and Juliet, 1926 | p. 193 |
| Fedor Fedorovsky | |
| Khovanshchina (The Khovansky Affair), 1913 | p. 200 |
| Naum Gabo | |
| La Chatte (The Cat), 1927 | p. 204 |
| Nathalie Gontcharova | |
| Les Noces (Svadebka or The Wedding), 1923 | p. 208 |
| L'Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird), 1926 | p. 212 |
| Juan Gris | |
| Les Tentations de la Bergere (The Temptations of the Shepherdess), 1924 | p. 217 |
| Constantin Korovine | |
| The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and of the Maiden Fevronia, 1907 | p. 223 |
| Knyaz Igor (Prince Igor), 1909 | p. 225 |
| Michel Larionov | |
| Soleil de Nuit (The Midnight Sun), 1915 | p. 230 |
| Kikimora, 1916 | p. 233 |
| Renard (The Fox), 1929 | p. 235 |
| Sur le Borysthene (On the Borysthene), 1932 | p. 239 |
| Marie Laurencin | |
| Les Biches (The House Party), 1924 | p. 242 |
| Fernand Leger | p. 247 |
| La Creation du Monde (The Creation of the World), 1923 | p. 249 |
| Louis Marcoussis | p. 255 |
| Henri Matisse | |
| Le Chant du Rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale), 1920 | p. 257 |
| Joan Miro | |
| Romeo and Juliet, 1926 | p. 262 |
| Amadeo Modigliani | p. 266 |
| Eugene Mollo | p. 267 |
| Pablo Picasso | p. 272 |
| Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat), 1919 | p. 273 |
| Pedro Pruna | |
| Les Matelots (The Sailors), 1925 | p. 279 |
| La Pastorale, 1926 | p. 286 |
| Isaac Rabinovitch | |
| Rastratchiki (The Embezzlers), 1928 | p. 289 |
| Nikolai Roerich | |
| Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), 1913 | p. 291 |
| Sir Francis Rose | p. 296 |
| Georges Rouault | |
| Le Fils Prodigue (Prodigal Son), 1929 | p. 300 |
| Prince Alexander Schervashidze | |
| Promethee (Prometheus), 1933 | p. 306 |
| Jose-Maria Sert | |
| Le Astuzie Femminili (Woman's Wiles), 1920 | p. 311 |
| Dimitri Stelletsky | |
| Tsar Feodor Ioannovitch, 1923 | p. 315 |
| Leopold Survage | |
| Mavra, 1922 | p. 318 |
| Pavel Tchelitchew | |
| Ode, 1928 | p. 323 |
| Chronological list of stage works | p. 332 |
| Lifar Collection exhibition catalogues of 1926, 1929, and 1930 | p. 333 |
| Kochno-Lifar "letter of abdication" from the Ballets Russes | p. 335 |
| Bibliography of works by Serge Lifar | p. 335 |
| Exhibitions | p. 336 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 340 |
| Photographic Credits | p. 345 |
| Index | p. 346 |
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