Alexis Rassine

Alexis Rassine (26 July 1919 - 25 July 1992) was a Lithuanian-born British ballet dancer, who enjoyed his greatest success in the 1940s and early 1950s.

He was born Alexis Rayes in Kaunas, Lithuania on 26 July 1919.[1] His family moved to Cape Town, South Africa when he was ten.[2]

Along with Robert Helpmann, he danced leading roles at Sadler's Wells Ballet, and was a regular partner of Nadia Nerina.[1]

Rassine created roles in Frederick Ashton's The Quest (1943), Les Sirenes (1946) and Homage to the Queen (1953); in Helpmann's Hamlet (1942), Miracle in the Gorbals (1944) and Adam Zero (1946), and in Ninette de Valois's Promenade (1943) and Don Quixote (1950).[1]

He died in Crawley on 25 July 1992.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gregory, John (4 August 1992). "Obituary: Alexis Rassine". The Independent. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Alexis Rassine". Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Retrieved 30 October 2014.