Australia Dancing - Lichine, David (1910

Lichine, David (1910 - 1972)

Dupain, Max: David Lichine in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', Original Ballet Russe, 1940

Russian-born, David Lichine left his native country at an early age to settle in Paris. There he studied with Lubov Egorova and, later, Bronislava Nijinska. His professional career began in Ida Rubinstein's company in 1928 and he subsequently danced with Anna Pavlova's company, with Nijinska's company and with various manifestations of the Ballets Russes companies around the world.

Lichine first came to Australia with the Covent Garden Russian Ballet on their Australian tour of 1938-1939, when three of his ballets were performed. Australian audiences were introduced to Lichine's choreography with Les dieux mendiants, saw his Protee just three months after its world premiere and witnessed the world premiere of The Prodigal Son. Lichine also danced in a variety of works during this tour, including Choreartium, Jeux d'enfants and the Anton Dolin-choreographed solo, Bolero. Lichine returned with the Original Ballet Russe tour of 1939-1940, when Les dieux mendiants and Protee were again performed, along with three more of his works - Le pavillon, Francesca da Rimini and Graduation Ball. While Le pavillon and Francesca da Rimini had been created for the de Basil company a few years earlier, Graduation Ball was choreographed in Australia. At its world premiere in Sydney on 1 March 1940 Lichine took the role of the leading cadet.

After the Original Ballet Russe left Australia for the United States Lichine continued to dance with this company, led by Colonel de Basil, until 1941 when he his wife, Tatiana Riabouchinska, joined Ballet Theatre in New York. Lichine also worked in the 1940s in South America with the ballet company at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. In 1949 he and Riabouchinska moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a teacher and freelance choreographer.

Lichine was invited by Edouard Borovansky to return to Australia to stage a full length Nutcracker for the Borovansky Ballet for its 1955 season. This work, which was a staple Christmas treat for Australian audiences for many years, premiered on 16 December 1955 with Peggy Sager as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Royes Fernandez as the Prince. During this visit to Australia Lichine also staged his Corrida, which had first been workshopped in Lichine's Los Angeles studio in 1952, for the Borovansky Ballet. Its world premiere as a fully realised production was on 17 February 1956. Leading roles were danced by Kathleen Gorham and Paul Grinwis.

Bibliography:

A list of Lichine's roles as a dancer and works as a choreographer is in Martha Bremser (ed.), International Dictionary of Ballet, Volume 2 (Detroit: St James Press, 1993), pp. 851-854.

Research Materials

Hall, Hugh P.: Algeranoff as the Manager, Tatiana Riabouchinska as the Daughter, David Lichine as the Hussar and artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Le Danube bleu' , 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Algeranoff as the Manager, Tatiana Riabouchinska as the Daughter, David Lichine as the Hussar and artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Le Danube bleu' , 1940 (Picture): Algeranoff ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Beau Danube, Le ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/535 LOC ALBUM 1111/13
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Photographer unknown: Anton Dolin and David Lichine on the set of 'The Prodigal Son', Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938 or 1939

Photographer unknown: Anton Dolin and David Lichine on the set of 'The Prodigal Son', Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938 or 1939 (Picture): Prodigal Son, The ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Dolin, Anton; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P1106/66, Album 888
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[Aurora's Wedding], 1936-1940 (Moving picture): Cast: Irina Baronova, Valentina Blinova, Anton Dolin, Valentin Froman, Roland Guerard, Helene Kirsova, David Lichine, Serge Lifar, Paul Petroff, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova and artists of the Ballets Russes; 16 mm film, shot by Dr Joseph Ringland Anderson; black and white and colour, no sound, 67 mins; Excerpts from various performances in Australia of Aurora's Wedding as performed by the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, the Covent Garden Russian Ballet and the Original Ballet Russe. Excerpts mainly show the pas de deux, Aurora's variation, the Bluebird pas de deux and variations, the Three Ivans, the Chinese dance, Red Riding Hood, some of the Fairy variations and the introduction and finale.

Ringland Anderson Ballet Films; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Baronova, Irina ; Kirsova, Helene ; Dolin, Anton ; Petroff, Paul ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Lifar, Serge ; Aurora's Wedding; Location:; The Keep Dancing! Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 457976

[Ballet Russes Compilation, Fokine Part One], 1936-1940 (Moving picture): Cast: David Lichine, Paul Petroff, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Dimitri Rostoff and artists of the Ballets Russes.; 16 mm film, shot by Dr Joseph Ringland Anderson; black and white and colour, no sound, 86 mins; Excerpts from ballets choreographed by Michel Fokine as performed in Australia between 1936 and 1940. One section (27 mins) shows excerpts from various performances of Le Carnaval. This footage includes a performance with Tataiana Riabouchinska as Columbine, David Lichine as Harlequin and Ludmilla Lvova as Chiarina. Another shows Vera Nemchinova as Columbine, Tamara Grigorieva as Chiarina and Yura Lazovsky as Harlequin. Still another features Nemchinova as Columbine, Nina Verchinina as Chiarina, Anna Volkova as Papillon and Edouard Borovansky as Pierrot. Another section shot during the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet tour of 1936-1937 shows Valentina Blinova as Columbine, Nathalie (Natasha) Branitzka as Chiarina, Sonia Woizikowska as Papillon, Roland Guerard as Harlequin and Thomas Armour as Pierrot. Excerpts from Papillons (11 mins) feature Riabouchinska and Volkova with Paul Petroff as Pierrot. Excerpts from Le Spectre de la rose (10 mins) are danced by Riabouchinska and Petroff. Riabouchinska features in excerpts from Cendrillon (17 mins). Excerpts from Paganini, which were filmed during performances by the Original Ballet Russe in Melbourne in 1940, feature Riabouchinska and Dimitri Rostoff.

Ringland Anderson Ballet Films.; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Borovansky, Edouard ; Wojcikowska, Sonia ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Carnaval, Le ; Petroff, Paul ; Volkova, Anna ; Fokine, Michel ; Cendrillon ; Papillons ; Paganini ; Spectre de la rose, Le ; Verchinina, Nina; Location:; The Keep Dancing! Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 449224

Ballet Russes: Choreartium, Aurora's Wedding, Jeux d'enfants, La Concurrence, 1938-1939 (Moving picture): Cast: Irina Baronova, Roman Jasinsky, David Lichine, Tatiana Riabouchinska and artists of the Ballets Russes; 16 mm film, shot by Dr Ewan Murray-Will; colour and black and white, no sound, 34 mins; This film contains excerpts from Choreartium, Aurora's Wedding, Jeux d'enfants and La Concurrence as performed in Australia, probably Sydney, during the Australian tour by the Covent Garden Russian Ballet. Baronova and Lichine dance in Choreartium, of which there are several segments, Baronova is Aurora in excerpts from Aurora's Wedding and Riabouchinska and Lichine dance parts of the Bluebird pas de deux from the same ballet.; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Baronova, Irina ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Murray-Will, Ewan ; Aurora's Wedding ; Jeux d'enfants ; Choreartium ; Concurrence, La; Location:; Ewan Murray-Will Ballets Russes Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 326144

[Ballets Russes : Class scenes, Aurora's Wedding, Carnaval, Cotillon, Protee, Union Pacific, Street Scenes, Carnaval, Cinderella, le Beau Danube], 1936-1940 (Moving picture): Cast: Artists of the Ballets Russes companies; 16 mm film, shot by Dr Joseph Ringland Anderson; black and white and colour, no sound, 30 mins; A compilation of excerpts from various ballets: Aurora's Wedding (choreography Petipa), Carnaval - two segments (choreography Fokine), Cotillon (choreography Balanchine), Protee (choreography Lichine), Union Pacific (choreography Massine), Cinderella (choreography), and Le Beau Danube (choreography Massine). Also included in the compilation are some shots of Ballets Russes dancers taking class and brief footage of dancers (including Edouard Borovansky) outside his Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne.

Ringland Anderson Ballet Films.; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Borovansky, Edouard ; Massine, Leonide ; Carnaval, Le ; Beau Danube, Le ; Aurora's Wedding ; Protee ; Fokine, Michel ; Cotillon ; Union Pacific ; Cendrillon ; Cinderella; Location:; The Keep Dancing! Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 483686

[Ballets Russes Compilation: Massine Part One], 1936-1940 (Moving picture): Cast: Helene Kirsova, David Lichine, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Paul Petroff and artists of the Ballets Russes; 16 mm film, shot by Dr Joseph Ringland Anderson; black and white, no sound, 82 mins; Excerpts from ballets choreographed by Leonide Massine as staged in Australia during tours by the Ballets Russes companies. Works represented are Soleil de Nuit (The Midnight Sun), Les Femmes de bonne humeur (The Good Humoured Ladies), Contes russes (Russian Tales), Le Beau Danube, Scuola di ballo (The Ballet School) and Union Pacific.

Ringland Anderson Ballet Films.; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Kirsova, Helene ; Massine, Leonide ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Beau Danube, Le ; Petroff, Paul ; Scuola di ballo ; Soleil de nuit ; Union Pacific ; Contes russes ; Femmes de bonne humeur, Les; Location:; The Keep Dancing! Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 450478

[Ballets Russes: Adrian Ryan Compilation], 1936-1940 (Moving picture): Cast: Irina Baronova, Helene Kirsova, David Lichine, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova and artists of the Ballets Russes; 16 mm film, shot by Dr Joseph Ringland Anderson; black and white and colour, no sound, 72 mins; Sequences from various ballets performed in Australia by the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, the Covent Garden Russian Ballet and the Original Ballet Russe. Ballets represented are The Firebird, Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Beau Danube, Carnaval, Scheherazade, Le lac des cygnes (Swan Lake) Act II, Scuola di Ballo, Aurora's Wedding, The Good Humoured Ladies, Prodigal Son, Le Coq d'Or and Thamar. Footage compiled by Adrian Ryan from various Ringland Anderson films.

Ringland Anderson Ballet Films.; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Baronova, Irina ; Kirsova, Helene ; Swan Lake ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Beau Danube, Le ; Scheherazade ; Carnaval, Le ; Aurora's Wedding ; Scuola di ballo ; Prodigal Son, The ; Thamar ; Cendrillon ; Coq d'or, Le ; Firebird, The ; Cinderella; Location:; The Keep Dancing! Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 458291

[Ballets Russes: Choreartium, Coq d'or, Prodigal Son, Firebird, Aurora's Wedding, Good Humoured Ladies, Icare], 1938-1940 (Moving picture): Cast: Irina Baronova, Tamara Grigorieva, Vera Nelidova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova, Anna Volkova, David Lichine, Paul Petroff and artists of the Ballets Russes companies.; 16 mm film, shot by Dr Joseph Ringland Anderson; black and white and colour, no sound, 27 mins; A compilation of excerpts from the repertoire of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet and the Original Ballet Russe as performed in Australia between 1938 and 1940. The footage includes excerpts from the new Australian staging of Serge Lifar's Icare with designs by Sidney Nolan.

Ringland Anderson Ballet Films; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Baronova, Irina ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Nolan, Sidney ; Petroff, Paul ; Volkova, Anna ; Coq d'or, Le ; Firebird, The ; Icare ; Aurora's Wedding ; Prodigal Son, The ; Choreartium; Location:; The Keep Dancing! Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 483646

Stringer, Walter: Paul Grinwis and Kathleen Gorham in 'Corrida', Borovansky Ballet, 1956

[Borovansky Ballet: Xenia Borovansky Collection], 1950s (Moving picture): Cast: Edouard Borovansky, Royes Fernandez, Kathleen Gorham, Peggy Sager, David Lichine, Paul Grinwis and artists of the Borovansky Ballet; 16 mm film; black and white and colour, no sound, 125 mins; This footage, thought to have been at least in part shot by Edouard Borovansky, includes excerpts from a variety of ballets from the Borovansky repertoire. Ballets represented include The Black Swan, La Boutique fantasque (which includes sequences showing Borovansky dancing the role of the Shopkeeper), Le Carnaval, Giselle, Graduation Ball, Nutcracker, Petrouchka, Pineapple Poll, The Sleeping Beauty, Los Tres Diablos, Aurora's Wedding and Swan Lake. In addition David Lichine is seen conducting a rehearsal onstage for his ballet Corrida and there is brief footage of Margot Fonteyn, who guested with the Borovansky Ballet in 1957, in excerpts from The Sleeping Beauty. The recording also contains some non-dance footage including scenes of Borovansky on fishing expeditions with his friends, travel footage from Czechoslovakia, New York and other destinations, and some footage of the Melbourne Olympic Games.; Borovansky Ballet ; Borovansky, Edouard ; Fonteyn, Margot ; Petrouchka ; Gorham, Kathleen ; Sager, Peggy ; Grinwis, Paul ; Swan Lake ; Ingram, Geoffrey ; Fernandez, Royes ; Black Swan, The ; Nutcracker ; Sleeping Beauty, The ; Carnaval, Le ; Borovansky, Xenia ; Graduation Ball ; Boutique fantasque, La ; Aurora's Wedding ; Sleeping Beauty, The ; Pineapple Poll; Location:; The Xenia Borovansky Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 1465

Dickson, Enid: Charcoal sketch of dancers between acts, including David Lichine and Edouard Borovansky, 1938-1940

Dickson, Enid: Charcoal sketch of dancers between acts, including David Lichine and Edouard Borovansky, 1938-1940 (Picture): 1 drawing on velvet paper : charcoal, col. ; 44.2 x 25.4 cm.; Borovansky, Edouard ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Collection of sketches of ballet dancers [picture]; National Library of Australia; PIC/9921/56 LOC Drawer 10481-10490
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Hall, Hugh P.: Curtain call with David Lichine, Tamara Toumanova, Tatiana Riabouchinska and Nina Verchinina in 'Les presages', Original Ballet Russe, 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Curtain call with David Lichine, Tamara Toumanova, Tatiana Riabouchinska and Nina Verchinina in 'Les presages', Original Ballet Russe, 1940 (Picture): Presages, Les ; Hall, Hugh P. ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Verchinina, Nina; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 8495 Series 23 Folio 2 Album 2 Part 43
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Photographer unknown: David Lichine and Alexandra Denisova in 'Choreartium', Ballets Russes Australian tours, ca. 1939

Photographer unknown: David Lichine and Alexandra Denisova in 'Choreartium', Ballets Russes Australian tours, ca. 1939 (Picture): Is part of: Margaret Walker Dance Archives: Ballets Russes photographs; Choreartium ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 8495 Series 23 Folio 2 Album 2
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine and Genevieve Moulin with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [1], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine and Genevieve Moulin with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [1], 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Aurora's Wedding ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/501 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine and Genevieve Moulin with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [2], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine and Genevieve Moulin with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [2], 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Aurora's Wedding ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/503 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine and Genevieve Moulin with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [3], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine and Genevieve Moulin with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [3], 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Aurora's Wedding ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/249 LOC ALBUM 1111/6
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine and Tamara Toumanova as Passion with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Les Presages', 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine and Tamara Toumanova as Passion with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Les Presages', 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Presages, Les ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/41 LOC ALBUM 1111/1
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Georges, S.: David Lichine and Tatiana Riabouchinska in 'Le Spectre de la rose', Ballets Russes, 1930s

Georges, S.: David Lichine and Tatiana Riabouchinska in 'Le Spectre de la rose', Ballets Russes, 1930s (Picture): Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Spectre de la rose, Le ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/41, Album 810/5
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Photographer unknown: David Lichine as the Faune in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', Ballets Russes , c. 1936

Photographer unknown: David Lichine as the Faune in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', Ballets Russes , c. 1936 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Apres-midi d'un faune, L'; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/43, Album 810/5
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', Original Ballet Russe [1], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', Original Ballet Russe [1], 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P. ; Apres-midi d'un faune, L'; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/395 LOC ALBUM 1111/10
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', Original Ballet Russe [2], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', Original Ballet Russe [2], 1940 (Picture): Hall, Hugh P. ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Apres-midi d'un faune, L'; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/430 LOC ALBUM 1111/10
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Photographer unknown: David Lichine as the Faune in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', Original Ballet Russe, 1940

Photographer unknown: David Lichine as the Faune in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', Original Ballet Russe, 1940 (Picture): Is part of: Margaret Walker Dance Archives: Ballets Russes photographs; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Apres-midi d'un faune, L'; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 8495 Series 23 Folio 2 Album 2 Part 30
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune with artists of the Original Ballet Russe as Nymphs in 'L'apres-midi d'un faune', 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune with artists of the Original Ballet Russe as Nymphs in 'L'apres-midi d'un faune', 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P. ; Apres-midi d'un faune, L'; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/396 LOC ALBUM 1111/10
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune with Tamara Grigorieva as the Nymph and artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'L'apres-midi d'un faune', 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune with Tamara Grigorieva as the Nymph and artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'L'apres-midi d'un faune', 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P. ; Apres-midi d'un faune, L'; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/417 LOC ALBUM 1111/10
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune, Tamara Grigorieva as the Nymph (right) and artists of the Original Ballet Russe as Nymphs in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Faune, Tamara Grigorieva as the Nymph (right) and artists of the Original Ballet Russe as Nymphs in 'L'Apres-midi d'un faune', 1940 (Picture): Apres-midi d'un faune, L' ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/410 LOC ALBUM 1111/10
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Hussar (left), Borislav Runanine as the Father (middle), Tatiana Riabouchinska as the Daughter (second from right), Helena Lineva (Alison Lee) as the Mother (far right), in 'Le Danube bleu', Original Ballet Russe Australian tour,, 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as the Hussar (left), Borislav Runanine as the Father (middle), Tatiana Riabouchinska as the Daughter (second from right), Helena Lineva (Alison Lee) as the Mother (far right), in 'Le Danube bleu', Original Ballet Russe Australian tour,, 1940 (Picture): Beau Danube, Le ; Hall, Hugh P. ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Lee, Alison; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1938-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/537 LOC ALBUM 1111/13 *
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as The Immortal Kostchei (left), Tamara Toumanova as The Firebird, Paul Petroff as Ivan Tsarevitch (right), and artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'The Firebird', 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine as The Immortal Kostchei (left), Tamara Toumanova as The Firebird, Paul Petroff as Ivan Tsarevitch (right), and artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'The Firebird', 1940 (Picture): Firebird, The ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Petroff, Paul ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/566 LOC ALBUM 1111/14
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Baron, Nahum: David Lichine as the Lion with corps de ballet in 'Le Lion amoureux', Ballets Russes

Baron, Nahum: David Lichine as the Lion with corps de ballet in 'Le Lion amoureux', Ballets Russes (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/159, Album 810/6
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Rowell, E. A.: David Lichine backstage, Ballets Russes, c. 1938

Rowell, E. A.: David Lichine backstage, Ballets Russes, c. 1938 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/49, Album 810/5
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Photographer unknown: David Lichine in 'Choreartium', Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s

Photographer unknown: David Lichine in 'Choreartium', Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s (Picture): Is part of: Margaret Walker Dance Archives: Ballets Russes photographs; Choreartium ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 8495 Series 23 Folio 1 Album 1 Part 39
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Seymour, Maurice: David Lichine in 'Francesca da Rimini', Ballets Russes [1], 1930s

Seymour, Maurice: David Lichine in 'Francesca da Rimini', Ballets Russes [1], 1930s (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/44, Album 810/5
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Seymour, Maurice: David Lichine in 'Francesca da Rimini', Ballets Russes [2], 1930s

Seymour, Maurice: David Lichine in 'Francesca da Rimini', Ballets Russes [2], 1930s (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/48 LOC Album 810/5
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Photographer unknown: David Lichine in 'The Prodigal Son', Covent Garden Russian Ballet , 1938 or 1939

Photographer unknown: David Lichine in 'The Prodigal Son', Covent Garden Russian Ballet , 1938 or 1939 (Picture): Is part of: Margaret Walker Dance Archives: Ballets Russes photographs; Prodigal Son, The ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 8495 Series 23 Folio 2 Album 2 Part 60
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Baron, Nahum: David Lichine in costume for 'Le Lion amoureux', Ballets Russes, 1930s or 1940s

Baron, Nahum: David Lichine in costume for 'Le Lion amoureux', Ballets Russes, 1930s or 1940s (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Goeffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/45 LOC Album 810/5
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Seymour, Maurice: David Lichine in costume for 'Le pavillon', Ballets Russes [1], 1930s

Seymour, Maurice: David Lichine in costume for 'Le pavillon', Ballets Russes [1], 1930s (Picture): Pavillon, Le; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/46 LOC Album 810/5
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Seymour, Maurice: David Lichine in costume for 'Le pavillon', Ballets Russes [2], ca. 1935

Seymour, Maurice: David Lichine in costume for 'Le pavillon', Ballets Russes [2], ca. 1935 (Picture): Is part of: Margaret Walker Dance Archives: Ballets Russes photographs; Pavillon, Le ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 8495 Series 23 Folio 1 Album 1 Part 18
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Photographer unknown: David Lichine in practice clothes, Ballets Russes Australian tours , ca. 1940

Photographer unknown: David Lichine in practice clothes, Ballets Russes Australian tours , ca. 1940 (Picture): Is part of: Margaret Walker Dance Archives: Ballets Russes photographs; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 8495 Series 23 Folio 2 Album 2
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [1], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [1], 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Aurora's Wedding ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P Hall Collection of Photographs, 1936-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/507 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [2], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [2], 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Aurora's Wedding ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P Hall Collection of Photographs, 1936-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/508 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [3], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [3], 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Aurora's Wedding ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P Hall Collection of Photographs, 1936-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/509 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [4], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: David Lichine with artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Aurora's Wedding' [4], 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Aurora's Wedding ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/510 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Delius, Peggy: David Lichine, Beryl de Zoete and Mrs Corkeran (?) in Monte Carlo, c. 1939

Delius, Peggy: David Lichine, Beryl de Zoete and Mrs Corkeran (?) in Monte Carlo, c. 1939 (Picture): Location:; Lady Viola Tait collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/8745/13a, Album 1087/5
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Ewan Murray-Will Ballets Russes Collection, 1936-1940 (Moving picture): Cast: Alberto Alonso, Irina Baronova, Anton Dolin, Valentin Froman, Nina Golovina, Roland Guerard, Roman Jasinsky, Helene Kirsova, David Lichine, Paul Petroff, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Tchinarova, Tamara Toumanova, Igor Youskevitch, Sonia Woizikowska, and artists of the various Ballets Russes companies.; 16 mm films, shot by Dr Ewan Murray-Will; colour and black and white, no sound, c. 145 mins; Footage includes scenes from Aurora's Wedding, Le Beau Danube, Le Carnaval, Choreartium, La Concurrence, Jeux d'enfants, Petrouchka, Les Presages, Thamar, Scuola di Ballo and Les Sylphides. Some footage also shows the dancers picnicking in the bush, including in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, and dancing on Bungan Beach in Sydney. There are also shots of Kirsova in her dressing room, Kirsova getting married and Kirsova relaxing.

Some items in the collection are described on Australia Dancing as individual records.

Clips from a number of the films in this collection are available online by following links at the australianscreen site 'Chesterman Collection (1935 - c1940)'; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Baronova, Irina ; Finch, Tamara Tchinarova ; Petrouchka ; Kirsova, Helene ; Dolin, Anton ; Wojcikowska, Sonia ; Murray-Will, Ewan ; Sylphides, Les ; Youskevitch, Igor ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Carnaval, Le ; Presages, Les ; Petroff, Paul ; Beau Danube, Le ; Aurora's Wedding ; Jeux d'enfants ; Thamar ; Choreartium ; Concurrence, La ; Scuola di ballo; Location:; National Film and Sound Archive; Title nos: 262798, 326073, 326078, 326097, 326098, 326102, 326127, 326115, 326120, 326144, 326149, 326155, 326157

Photographer unknown: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Ballets Russes, between 1938 and 1940

Photographer unknown: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Ballets Russes, between 1938 and 1940 (Picture): glass negative; Aurora's Wedding ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/5391/11
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Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [1], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [1], 1940 (Picture): Aurora's Wedding ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/500 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [2], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [2], 1940 (Picture): Aurora's Wedding ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/502 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [3], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [3], 1940 (Picture): Aurora's Wedding ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/504 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [4], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [4], 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P. ; Aurora's Wedding; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/505 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [5], 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Genevieve Moulin and David Lichine in the Bluebird pas de deux from 'Aurora's Wedding', Original Ballet Russe [5], 1940 (Picture): Aurora's Wedding ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/506 LOC ALBUM 1111/12
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Strauss, Johann: Graduation Ball, 1940 (published 1941) (Printed music): This musical score contains excerpts from David Lichine's ballet Graduation Ball as performed in Australia during the 1940 visit by the Original Ballet Russe. The score contains piano arrangements of 'Acceleration', 'Valse', 'Nocturne' and 'Drummer's Dance' and is accompanied by black and white photographic illustrations from the production.; Graduation Ball ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; MUS Fitzmaurice 442
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[Graduation Ball], 1940 (Moving picture): Cast: David Lichine, Tatiana Riabouchinska and artists of the Ballets Russes; 16 mm film, shot by Dr Joseph Ringland Anderson; black and white and colour, no sound, 30 mins; Excerpts from David Lichine's ballet Graduation Ball as performed in 1940 during its world premiere season in Australia by the Original Ballet Russe. Lichine and Riabouchinska perform the Circus Duet which was subsequently removed from productions of the ballet.

Ringland Anderson Ballet Films; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Graduation Ball ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana; Location:; The Keep Dancing! Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 450398

Interview with Anna Volkova, 2005 (Oral history): Interviewer: Michelle Potter; Interviewee: Volkova, Anna; Audiotape; 166 mins; Anna Volkova begins this interview with a discussion of her family background and her early dance training in Paris with former Russian Imperial ballerinas Olga Preobrajenska and Lubov Egorova. She continues with an in depth discussion of her career as a dancer with de Basil's Ballets Russes giving an account of the many tours she made with the companies, including two to Australia in 1938-1939 and 1939-1940. She discusses the symphonic ballets of Leonide Massine, including Les Presages and Choreartium, de Basil's skills as an entrepreneur and the importance to the company of Serge Grigoriev. She speaks about some of her favourite roles including the first waltz in Les Sylphides and the Golden Cockerel in Le Coq d'or. Other people she speaks about include choreographers Michel Fokine and David Lichine, and cinematographers Dr Ewan Murray-Will and Dr Joseph Ringland Anderson. Volkova concludes the interview with an account of the infamous Ballets Russes strike in Cuba in the early 1940s and her family life after moving to Australia to marry.; Volkova, Anna ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; de Basil, Wassily ; Grigoriev, Serge ; Murray-Will, Ewan ; Presages, Les ; Choreartium ; Fokine, Michel ; Coq d'or, Le; Location:; National Library of Australia; TRC 5391
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Interview with Annette Gillen, 2007

Interview with Annette Gillen, 2007 (Oral history): Interviewer: Lee Christofis; Interviewee: Gillen, Annette; Audiofile; 2 sound files (ca. 82 mins); Annette Gillen talks about her early childhood interest in dance and her parents' reaction; her mother's connections with Ballets Russes tours (1930's); her first teacher, Helene Kirsova; her childhood memories of de Basil Ballets Russes performances; the links between Borovansky Ballet and the Ballets Russes; her break from dance and subsequent return to ballet classes and performing; auditioning for the Borovansky Company; dancing with the Borovansky Company; Symphonie fantastique; David Lichine and other choreographers of the Borovansky company; programming and conductors for the company; Les Sylphides; the audience response to Ballets Russes and the Borovansky companies; class and preparation with the company; dancing with the Kirsova company; relationships between early companies, Australian choreographers and benefactors; her family's interest in the visual arts. Gillen discusses her relationship with Tamara Tchinarova and Peter Finch; the movement of dancers from the Kirsova to the Borovansky companies; the legacy of the Ballets Russes tours; the Australian Ballet's Revolutions program; compares preparation, facilities, demands, injuries and physical attributes of dancers today and in her era; the Borovansky dancers' strike; travelling with the Borovansky company around Australia; meeting her future husband; relationships within the company; Margot Fonteyn; her relationship with Edouard Borovansky; her departure from the company; her life after marriage: the lasting friendships formed during her dancing years.; Gillen, Annette ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Kirsova, Helene ; Borovansky Ballet ; Symphonie fantastique ; Sylphides, Les ; Kirsova Ballet ; Finch, Tamara Tchinarova ; Australian Ballet, The ; Fonteyn, Margot ; Borovansky, Edouard; Location:; National Library of Australia; TRC 5783
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Photographer unknown: Irina Baronova as the Queen of Shemakhan in 'Le coq d'or', Ballets Russes [1], 1930s

Interview with Irina Baronova, 2007

Interview with Irina Baronova, 2007 (Oral history): Interviewer: Lee Christofis; Interviewee: Baronova, Irina; 4 sound files; Irina Baronova speaks about her birth during the Russian revolution, her childhood and first lessons in Bucharest, and then with Russian ballerina Olga Preobrajenska, in whose Paris studio Baronova was chosen by George Balanchine to dance in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She speaks about her rise to stardom at the age of 13, with two other 'baby ballerinas', Tamara Toumanova and Tatiana Riabouchinska, and her leading roles in ballets by Balanchine, Michel Fokine, Leonide Massine and Bronislava Nijinksa. In addition, she discusses her first marriage, international touring, including the 1938-39 tour of Australia, enduring friendships, close collaboration in the studio with the choreographers mentioned above, as well as conductors and composers, evaluating their working methods and styles, and reflects on the career of David Lichine.; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Baronova, Irina ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Fokine, Michel ; Massine, Leonide; Location:; National Library of Australia; TRC 5764
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Interview with Kathryn Lowe-Henricks, 1991 (Oral history): Interviewer: Shirley McKechnie; Interviewee: Lowe-Henricks, Kathryn; Audiotape; 360 mins; Kathryn Lowe-Henricks begins by talking about her academic, social, environmental, and parental influences as she was growing up in California. She goes on to talk about her early dance training with Bronislava Nijinska, Mia Slavenska, Tatiana Riabouchinska, and David Lichine. She then speaks about her performance and teaching background.

Lowe-Henricks continues by talking about moving to Australia and provides biographical information about the Queensland teacher Ann Roberts. She then discusses her employment as the dance officer of the Theatre Board of the Australia Council, referring to the demise of Ballet Victoria, a review into West Australian Ballet, Algeranoff and the Mildura-based North West Victoria Ballet Society and their funding from the Australia Council, and her involvement in the establishment of TasDance. Lowe-Henricks then discusses the establishment of Don Asker?s Human Veins Dance Theatre and the Australia Council?s Rotherwood project to establish a long-term plan for dance development. She also speaks about the Australia Council-convened 1991 Dance Summit, and closes by discussing her perceptions of the future development of the professional dance industry in Australia.; Ballet Victoria ; Lowe-Henricks, Kathryn ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; West Australian Ballet ; Algeranoff ; TasDance ; Asker, Don ; Human Veins Dance Theatre; Location:; National Library of Australia; TRC 2679
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Interview with Kiril Vassilkovsky, 2006 (Oral history): Interviewer: Bill Stephens; Interviewee: Vassilkovsky, Kiril; Audiotape; Kiril Vassilkovsky born 1919, in Latvia, talks about his family background; his childhood in Latvia; childhood in England where his family moved when he was four years of age; his early involvement in ballet; being taught by Marie Rambert and Igor Schwezoff; financial arrangements and dancing for Igor Schwezoff; auditioning for Col. De Basil; being engaged by De Basil to tour Australia for the 1939/40 tour by Ballet Russes; rehearsals on the ship to Australia; Serge Lifar; David Lichine; dancing the role of the Drummer in Graduation Ball with the Borovansky Ballet; the dancers who made up the original Ballet Russes; first impressions of Australia; the Sydney Season and a trip to The Blue Mountains; accommodation in Sydney; Serge Grigoriev; social and working life for Ballet Russes; the 'baby' ballerinas; the salary; touring the U.S.A for Sol Hurok; being stranded in Cuba; reforming the company in Cuba; six years touring South and Central America; maintaining performance standards on tour; his bid for American citizenship working as a free-lance dancer; rejoining the Ballet Russes for its second European tour. Vassilkovsky discusses the Original Ballet Russe tour of England, following the death of De Basil in 1950; the condition of the costumes and sets at this time; life after the Ballets Russes; working in the Marquis de Cuevas Ballet; working as assistant to Bronislava Nijinska; Edouard Borovansky; developing the ability to reproduce ballets; accepting Borovansky's invitation to join his ballet company as co-repetiteur; his responsibilities as co-repetiteur and co-artistic director; the standard of the Borovansky dancers; advice from Borovansky; recommencing with the Borovansky Ballet as a soloist; choreographing Candide; dancing with Kathleen Gorham; the attraction of choreography; life after the Borovansky Ballet; an invitation to work as a teacher with the West Australian Ballet; the impact of Rex Reid as artistic director of the West Australian Ballet; an invitation from Luis Moreno to choreograph; teaching; reflects on his accomplishments; his London encore of the role of the Drummer in Graduation Ball; life in the Borovansky Ballet compared to life in the Ballet Russes.; Vassilkovsky, Kiril ; de Basil, Wassily ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Graduation Ball ; Borovansky Ballet ; Grigoriev, Serge ; Borovansky, Edouard ; Gorham, Kathleen ; Lifar, Serge ; Reid, Rex ; West Australian Ballet; Location:; National Library of Australia; TRC 5704
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Photographer unknown: Irina Baronova and David Lichine in a scene from 'Les cent baisers', Ballets Russes, 1930s

Photographer unknown: Irina Baronova and David Lichine in a scene from 'Les cent baisers', Ballets Russes, 1930s (Picture): Postcard; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Baronova, Irina ; Cent baisers, Les; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/4, Album 810/5
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[Le Pavillon, Francesca da Rimini, Les Dieux mendiants (The gods go A-begging), Protee, The Prodigal Son], 1938-1940 (Moving picture): Cast: Artists of the Ballets Russes.; 16 mm film, shot by Dr Joseph Ringland Anderson; black and white, no sound, 70 mins; Excerpts from five ballets all choreographed by David Lichine.

Ringland Anderson Ballet Films; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Francesca da Rimini ; Prodigal Son, The ; Protee ; Dieux mendiants, Les ; Pavillon, Le; Location:; The Keep Dancing! Collection; National Film and Sound Archive; Title no: 449211

Donderer, J.: Ludmilla Tchernicheva, David Lichine, Paul Petroff, Edouard Borovansky an an unidentified dancer taking a curtain call, Ballets Russes, 1930s

Donderer, J.: Ludmilla Tchernicheva, David Lichine, Paul Petroff, Edouard Borovansky an an unidentified dancer taking a curtain call, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Picture): Petroff, Paul ; Borovansky, Edouard ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/157, Album 810/6
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Dupain, Max: Max Dupain's Dancers (Picture): This collection of images comprises photographs showing dancers of the touring Ballets Russes companies and dancers of the Kirsova Ballet and the Bodenwieser Ballet. Ballets Russes dancers and personnel include Irina Baronova, Colonel de Basil, Helene Kirsova, David Lichine, Serge Lifar, Sono Osato, Paul Petroff, Tamara Tchinarova, Tamara Toumanova and Igor Youskevitch. Ballets represented include L'Apres-midi d'un faune, Le Carnaval, Choreartium, Les Femmes de bonne humeur, Scheherazade, Le Spectre de La Rose and Le lac des cygnes (Swan Lake). Other images in the collection were taken at Frenchs Forest, a suburb of Sydney, and show Ludmilla Lvova, Tamara Toumanova and Paul Petroff in outdoor studies. Kirsova material includes portraits of Kirsova and scenes from some Kirsova productions. Bodenwieser material comprises outdoor studies.

The photos in this collection were printed by Dupain from his collection of negatives. Dupain signed them and dated them 1938 although in fact the images span the period 1936 to c. 1942 and were printed in 1990 for the exhibition, Max Dupain's Dancers.; Dupain, Max ; Kirsova, Helene ; Kirsova Ballet ; Bodenwieser Ballet ; Baronova, Irina ; Finch, Tamara Tchinarova ; Youskevitch, Igor ; Carnaval, Le ; Petroff, Paul ; Scheherazade ; de Basil, Wassily ; Spectre de la rose, Le ; Osato, Sono ; Lifar, Serge ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Choreartium ; Femmes de bonne humeur, Les; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P41-P61, P105
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Hall, Hugh P.: Olga Morosova as the Street Dancer and David Lichine as the Hussar in 'Le Danube bleu', the Original Ballet Russe, 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Olga Morosova as the Street Dancer and David Lichine as the Hussar in 'Le Danube bleu', the Original Ballet Russe, 1940 (Picture): Beau Danube, Le ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hall, Hugh P.; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/534 LOC ALBUM 1111/13
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Papers of Moya Beaver, 1920s-1990s (Manuscript): This collection documents the career of Moya Beaver, dancer and teacher. The material includes scrapbooks, letters, magazines, photographs. It covers in particular Beaver's career with the First Australian Ballet of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in the 1930s and with the J. C. Williamson organisation in the 1940s. It also documents her brief performing career in Denmark and her longstanding friendship with dancer Gordon Hamilton. Photographic material also includes images of dancers from the Ballets Russes companies that toured Australia between 1936 and 1940. Dancers of the Ballets Russes companies who are repesented photographically include Tatiana Riabouchinska, David Lichine, Tamara Tchinarova Finch, Leon Woizikowsky, Sonia Woizikowska, Lubov Tchernicheva, Helene Kirsova and Valentina Blinova. Further information relating to the scope and content, including digital content, of the papers can be found at Papers of Moya Beaver.; Beaver, Moya ; First Australian Ballet, The ; Burlakov, Mischa ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Hamilton, Gordon ; Kirsova, Helene ; Finch, Tamara Tchinarova ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Wojcikowska, Sonia ; J. C. Williamson Ltd. ; Lightfoot, Louise ; Woizikowsky, Leon; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 9803
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Photographer unknown: Portrait (head and shoulders) of David Lichine, Ballets Russes, 1930s

Photographer unknown: Portrait (head and shoulders) of David Lichine, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 9803/1/110
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Photographer unknown: Portrait of David Lichine, Ballets Russes, c. 1939

Photographer unknown: Portrait of David Lichine, Ballets Russes, c. 1939 (Picture): Postcard; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC7751/5
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Seymour, Maurice: Portrait of Tamara Grigorieva and David Lichine, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s

Seymour, Maurice: Portrait of Tamara Grigorieva and David Lichine, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s (Picture): Is part of: Margaret Walker Dance Archives: Ballets Russes photographs; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 8495 Series 23 Folio 2 Album 2
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Portraits of members of the Ballets Russes, 1950 (Picture): This collection of paintings and drawings by Edouard Borovansky contains images of several members of the Ballets Russes including Colonel de Basil, Serge Grigorieff, Irina Baronova, David Lichine, Mi Ladre and Paul Petroff.; Baronova, Irina ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Borovansky, Edouard ; Petroff, Paul ; de Basil, Wassily ; Grigoriev, Serge; Location:; National Library of Australia; R10481-R10531; R10884; R10988-R10989

Portraits of members of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1930s (Picture): This collection includes portraits Yura Lazovsky, Serge Bousloff, Roman Jasinsky, David Lichine and Tatiana Riabouchinska who all appeared in Australia with the Covent Garden Russian Ballet on its tour of 1938-1939.; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Bousloff, Serge ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Jasinsky, Roman; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/7751/1-7
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Sorensen Ballet Photographic Album, 1940 (Ephemera): This photographic album was compiled by Mrs E and Miss G Sorenson in Brisbane in 1940. The first six pages contain press clippings documenting the world premiere in Sydney on July 29, 1940 by the Colonel de Basil Company of Lutte Eternelle. The work was choreographed by Igor Schwezoff and designed by Australian sisters Kathleen and Florence Martin. The remainder of the album is made up of performance and publicity photographs, catalogued separately, of artists of the de Basil company, including Tamara Toumanova, Alexandra Denisova, Tatiana Leskova, Nicolas Orloff, David Lichine and Igor Schwezoff. A number of the photographs have been taken from the balcony of His Majesty?s Theatre, Brisbane, during performances of Cendrillon, Les Sylphides, Graduation Ball and The Good Humoured Ladies.; Sylphides, Les ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Graduation Ball ; Cendrillon ; Lutte eternelle ; Leskova, Tatiana; Location:; QPAC Collections; Gladys Moncrieff Library of the Performing Arts; 2000.0077.0101

Photographer unknown: Tatiana Riabouchinska and David Lichine in the Circus Divertissement from 'Graduation Ball', Original Ballet Russe , 1940

Photographer unknown: Tatiana Riabouchinska and David Lichine in the Circus Divertissement from 'Graduation Ball', Original Ballet Russe , 1940 (Picture): Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Graduation Ball; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/BR/153, Album 810/6
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Hall, Hugh P.: Tatiana Riabouchinska and David Lichine in the Circus Divertissement from 'Graduation Ball', Original Ballet Russe , 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Tatiana Riabouchinska and David Lichine in the Circus Divertissement from 'Graduation Ball', Original Ballet Russe , 1940 (Picture): Graduation Ball ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Hall, Hugh P. ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1939-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/370 LOC ALBUM 1111/9
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Photographer unknown: Tatiana Riabouchinska and David Lichine, Ballets Russes Australian tours, 1939/40

Photographer unknown: Tatiana Riabouchinska and David Lichine, Ballets Russes Australian tours, 1939/40 (Picture): Is part of: Margaret Walker Dance Archives: Ballets Russes photographs; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 8495 Series 23 Folio 2 Album 2
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Hall, Hugh P.: Tatiana Riabouchinska as the Daughter, Olga Morosova as the Street Dancer, David Lichine as the Hussar, Algeranoff as the Manager, Edouard Borovansky as the Athlete, and artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Le Danube bleu', 1940

Hall, Hugh P.: Tatiana Riabouchinska as the Daughter, Olga Morosova as the Street Dancer, David Lichine as the Hussar, Algeranoff as the Manager, Edouard Borovansky as the Athlete, and artists of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Le Danube bleu', 1940 (Picture): Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Algeranoff ; Borovansky, Edouard ; Hall, Hugh P. ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Beau Danube, Le; Location:; Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1938-1940; National Library of Australia; PIC/11102/532 LOC ALBUM 1111/13
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