Nikitina, Alice (1909–1978)
Nikitina, Alice (1909–1978)
Russian ballet dancer. Born 1909 in St. Petersburg, Russia; died 1978.
Appeared in French revue Oh! Que! Nu!! at early age in Vienna, Austria (1919); joined Diaghilev Ballet Russe (1923) where she danced with Serge Lifar in numerous works, including Massine's Zéphyr et Flore (1925), Bronislava Nijinska's Romeo et Juliette 1926), and Balanchine's La Chatte (1927) and Le Bal (1929); performed in C.B. Cochran's London revues—also opposite Lifar—in Night and Luna Park (c. 1930); appeared with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in Diaghilev revivals (mid-1930s); performed in Rigoletto in Palermo (1938); taught dance in Paris towards end of WWII.
See also memoir, Nikitina, by Herself (1959).
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