Tamara Tchinarova Finch | |
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Born | Tamara Yevsevievna Rekemchuk Тамара Евсевиевна Рекемчук 18 July 1919 |
Died | 31 August 2017 Marbella, Málaga, Spain | (aged 98)
Occupation(s) | Ballet dancer, writer on dance, interpreter |
Years active | 1930-1946 as ballerina, 1958-2007 as author |
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Career | |
Former groups | Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Kirsova Ballet, Polish-Australian Ballet, Borovansky Ballet |
Tamara Tchinarova (tr. Chinarova, Russian: Тамара Чинарова), also known as Tamara Finch, (18 July 1919 – 31 August 2017) was a Romanian-born émigré Russian and French ballerina who contributed significantly to the development of Australian dance companies and was a Russian/English interpreter for touring ballet companies. She was a dance writer and author, as Tamara Finch, of a number of non-fiction books. She was the first wife of actor Peter Finch.