David Lichine

See also: Category:Ballets by David Lichine

David Lichine / Дэвид (Давид) 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.^[1] Together, Riabouchinska and Lichine had one daughter, Tanica Lichine.^[2] In Walt Disney's Make Mine Music, Lichine and his wife performed a live action dance together in the segment "Two Sihouettes."

• Youtube: David Lichine Nana Gollner in Spring Night - score by Joseph Achron (1935)

Ballet works

• Francesca (Francesca da Rimini), 1937
• Prodigal Son, 1938
• Graduation Ball, 1940
• Rhapsody, 1944 ?
• Cain and Abel, 1946

References

1. ^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/713668/Tatiana-Riabouchinska#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=Tatiana%20Riabouchinska%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia Tatiana Riabouchinska — Britannica Online Encyclopedia
2. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E2D71030F930A3575AC0A9669C8B63

External links

biography of David Lichine (English) David Lichine at the Internet Movie Database

Australia Dancing — Lichine, David (1910–1972) David Lichine and Tatiana Riabouchinska papers, The New York Public Library

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Name	Lichine, David
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Date of birth	1910
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Date of death	1972
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