David Lichine
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David Lichine / Дэвид Лишин (1910, Rostov na Donu
– 1972, Los Angeles
) was a Russian/French/US ballet dancer and choreographer; he was born as Давид Лихтенштейн David Lichtenštejn / David Lichtenstein (Liechtenstein).
Right after October Revolution the family has left the Soviet Russia in emigration, and David grew in Paris, France.
In 1932 he has been invited as the dancer in new the ballet troupe Original Ballet Russe
(other name Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo).
His wife was Tatiana Riabouchinska
, whom he was partnered with in most of his ballets. Together, Riabouchinska and Lichine had one daughter, Tanica Lichine. In Walt Disney's Make Mine Music, Lichine and his wife performed a live action dance together in the segment "Two Sihouettes."
Rostov-on-Don
-History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...
– 1972, Los Angeles
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) was a Russian/French/US ballet dancer and choreographer; he was born as Давид Лихтенштейн David Lichtenštejn / David Lichtenstein (Liechtenstein).
Right after October Revolution the family has left the Soviet Russia in emigration, and David grew in Paris, France.
In 1932 he has been invited as the dancer in new the ballet troupe Original Ballet Russe
Original Ballet Russe
The Original Ballet Russe was a ballet company established in 1932 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as a successor to the Ballets Russes. The company assumed the new name Original Ballet Russe after a split between de Basil and Blum...
(other name Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo).
His wife was Tatiana Riabouchinska
Tatiana Riabouchinska
Tatiana Mikhaylovna Riabouchinska was a Russian-born prima ballerina.She was born in Moscow in 1917. She was trained by the great Mathilde Kschessinska, and was later a prima ballerina in France. Together with Irina Baronova and Tamara Toumanova she was the third of Colonel W. de Basil's "baby...
, whom he was partnered with in most of his ballets. Together, Riabouchinska and Lichine had one daughter, Tanica Lichine. In Walt Disney's Make Mine Music, Lichine and his wife performed a live action dance together in the segment "Two Sihouettes."
Ballet works
- Francesca (Francesca da RiminiFrancesca da RiminiFrancesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta was the daughter of Guido da Polenta, lord of Ravenna. She was a historical contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the Divine Comedy.-Arranged marriage:...
), 1937 - Prodigal Son, 1938
- Graduation BallGraduation Ball"Graduation Ball" is a ballet, choreographed in 1940 in Australia by David Lichine during the 1939-1940 tour of the Original Ballet Russe. The single-act, light-hearted comic ballet was premiered on Friday, March 1st, 1940, in Sydney...
, 1940 - Rhapsody, 1944 ?
- Cain and Abel, 1946