Tag Archives: Irina Baronova

When the baby ballerinas took a detour to the silver screen

November 1, 2016 – 1:14 pm

How many ballet dancers these days become actors? There are some, of course, including Baryshnikov, but I think the peak

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Tracing the path of the mystery man of the Ballets Russes in Australia

January 27, 2016 – 9:29 pm

His first name was Otis. His second name was Pearce, or maybe Pierce, as his name was often spelt. He

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Irina Baronova, seen through the eyes of her daughter, Victoria Tennant

December 16, 2014 – 11:09 am

This article first appeared in the Good Weekend supplement of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Tucked in a

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David Lichine’s Australian years with and without Borovansky

January 7, 2014 – 12:38 pm

The audience at Sydney’s Theatre Royal was thrilled to see the glamorous Ballets Russes’ star for the first time. The

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Irina Baronova, billboard version, makes a second appearance – in Melbourne

November 18, 2013 – 7:30 am

First the State Library of New South Wales found a gigantic painting of Irina Baronova tucked away in the archives

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Baronova painting uncovered at the State Library of NSW

June 26, 2013 – 7:45 am

At the State Library of New South Wales a new ballet treasure has come to light – a very large

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How a crumbling roof in Dorset brought a Ballets Russes’ gallery to Australia

May 24, 2012 – 8:10 am

I first saw these Ballets Russes’ drawings at Martyn Cook’s antique showroom in Queen Street, Woollahra in 2009. They’ve intrigued

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Carabosse: a lesson in evil

December 10, 2011 – 10:27 pm

Monica Mason, the artistic director of the Royal Ballet, coaches Kristen McNally in the role of Carabosse in The Sleeping

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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

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