- Tatiana Riabouchinska
Tatiana Riabouchinska ( _ru. Татьяна Рябушинская) was a
Russia nprima ballerina . She was born on23 May 1917 inMoscow , and died inLos Angeles on24 August 2000 .She was trained by the great
Mathilde Kschessinska , and was later aprima ballerina in France.In the
United States (USA), she trained actress and dancers such asRita Moreno ,Ann Margret andJoanne Woodward .She was the model for
Hyacinth Hippo , the hippopotamus dancing in theDance of the Hours in the Fantasia Disney movie with Ben Ali Gator [ [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/cartoons_and_cartoonists/index.html?query=SHOWS%20(EXHIBITS)&field=des&match=exact Vivien Raynor "Drawings and Storyboards Unearth Memories of 'Fantasia' "]New York Times , August 24, 2006 ] . In most of her shows, Riabouchinska's dance partner wasDavid Lichine , whom she later married. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/713668/Tatiana-Riabouchinska#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=Tatiana%20Riabouchinska%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia] Together, Riabouchinska and Lichine had one daughter, Tanica Lichine. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E2D71030F930A3575AC0A9669C8B63]Riabouchinska and Lichine later danced together onscreen in the "Two Silhouettes" segment of Walt Disney's Make Mine Music as well.
Riabouchinska appears in the documentary "Ballets Russes".
References
External links
* [http://michaelminn.net/andros/biographies/riabouchinska_tatiana.htm Biography]
* [http://www.ballerinagallery.com/riabou.htm Photos of Riabuchinska]
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