Felix

Felix (orig. Felix Fernandez García;b c.1896, d Epsom, 1941). Spanish dancer who was Massine's assistant for Le Tricorne. He was spotted by Diaghilev dancing in Seville and engaged to help Massine with the Spanish choreography of his 1919 ballet. He believed that he would also be dancing the role of the Miller, and his disappointment at not being cast apparently exacerbated his unstable mental condition. He was found dancing on the altar of a London church and put into an asylum.

Felix, Roman deacon, antipope (355–56). Emperor Constantius, an Arian, set him up to replace Liberius. He is wrongly known as Felix II.

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