Lidija Sotlar (née Lipovž; 12 June 1929 – 16 October 2018) was a Serbian-born Slovenian ballerina and teacher who was a member and a soloist of the Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet between 1948 and 1972, performing the role of 80 characters from a wide variety of ballet repertoire.

[1][3] From 1948 to 1972, she was a member and a soloist for the Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet,[1][2] and briefly danced in Split, Croatia.

[1] She also had roles as the Mistress of the Copper Mountain in The Stone Flower and as Liza in La fille mal gardée.

Sotlar ended her career in ballet in 1972 because she did not want audiences to remember her for minor roles she would have performance later in her life.

[9] In 1997, she was named the inaugural recipient of the Society of Ballet Artists of Slovenia Lidija Wisiak Award.