LICHINE (Lichtenstein), DAVID
- LICHINE (Lichtenstein), DAVID
- LICHINE (Lichtenstein), DAVID
(1910–1972), Russian-born dancer and choreographer who carried on the
ballet tradition of Diaghilev and Massine. He studied ballet with Lubov
Egorova in Paris after emigrating from Russia and he first won attention
when engaged by Bronislava Nijinska in 1928 to appear with
ida rubinstein 's company. He later danced with Pavlova. From 1932
to 1940 he was a leading dancer and choreographer
with Colonel de Basil's Ballets Russes de
Monte Carlo. World War II brought Lichine and his wife,
the ballerina Tatiana Riabouchinska, to the United States. In 1952 they
settled in Los Angeles, where they established their own school and
company. Lichine was at various times guest choreographer for American
Ballet Theater, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Festival Ballet of London,
and other companies. His ballets include Protée (1938),
The Prodigal Son (1939), Graduation Ball (1940),
and Helen of Troy (1942).
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
F. Gadan-Pamard and R. Maillard (eds.), Dictionary of Modern
Ballet (1959).
(Marcia B. Siegel)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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