She and her husband David Lichine were among the ballet dancers who served as
models for the Disney animators of Fantasia (1940).
Hyacinth the Hippo was based on Tatiana, and her partner in the pas de
deux, Ben Ali Gator, on her husband David Lichine.
With Tamara Toumanova, 13, and Irina Baronova, 13, one of the "baby ballerinas". This
was a nickname given to the trio in 1933, during their first season in
London, by the ballet writer Arnold Haskell.