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The “wonderful” life of Sir Peter Wright

February 4, 2015 – 11:24 am

This article first appeared in the Australian Ballet’s program for its 2014 season of Sir Peter Wright’s Nutcracker in Melbourne

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Birmingham Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Coppelia, Giselle, Les Sylphides, Natalia Osipova, Nutcracker, Peggy van Praagh, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, Sir Peter Wright, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

Memories of the year that was, hopes for the year to come

December 31, 2013 – 3:14 am

Looking backwards before glimpsing forward, the two highlights of the Australian dance year were the season of the Paris Opera

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Anna Volkova Barnes 1917-2013

August 30, 2013 – 10:38 pm

She liked to say she led two lives â€“ the first as a ballerina who danced on stages from Paris

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Colonel de Basil, David Lichine, George Balanchine, Leonide Massine, Les Sylphides, Michel Fokine, Olga Preobrajenska | Comments (0)

Anna Volkova: a life well lived, from Moscow to a sheep farm in New South Wales

August 20, 2013 – 1:10 pm

There are transitions and then there are major life changes. Anna Volkova, who died in Sydney last weekend aged 96,

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The keepers of the flame

November 20, 2011 – 12:21 am

Summing up a year’s research at the Mitchell Library in Sydney, I spoke last week about my discoveries as the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alicia Markova, Andris Liepa, Ballets Russes, Daryl Lindsay, Frederick Ashton, Irina Baronova, Isabelle Fokine, John Cranko, John Field, Les Sylphides, Michel Fokine, Onegin, Svetlana Beriosova, Tony Dyson, Valrene Tweedie, Violetta Elvin | Comments (2)