On the obverse, against the background of a relief square, there is a stylized figure of a dancer in the image of Icarus (one of the most famous roles of Lifar), the small State Emblem of Ukraine, semicircular inscriptions: UKRAINE, 2004, the Mint logo and the Mint logo of the National Bank of Ukraine
The reverse of the coin shows the profile of Serge Lifar (facing to the right) and the two-line inscription SERGE LIFAR (below) and on the right in a semicircle years of life 1904-1986.
Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of an outstanding ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher and theorist of ballet art Sergei Mikhailovich Lifar (1904-1986), who was born in. Kiev Since 1929, Serge Lifar is the first dancer, choreographer and teacher of the Grand Opera Theater in Paris, who was called the “poet of the movement.” He created his own system of upbringing a dancer.