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Anna Volkova Barnes 1917-2013

August 30, 2013 – 10:38 pm

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

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

Beth Dean and Moscelyne Jasinsky: Parallel lives devoted to dance

April 28, 2012 – 11:47 pm

The deaths of two dancers, one in Sydney, New South Wales, the other in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are reminders of the

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Ballets Russes, Beth Dean, Col. de Basil, Coroboree, John Anthill, Moscelyne Larkin Jasinsky, Nicolai Legat, Roman Jasinsky, Serge Popeloff, Theodore Kosloff, Victor Carell | Comments (1)

Alison’s moment in Dupain’s spotlight

March 10, 2011 – 12:51 pm

Within the vast collection of Max Dupainā€™s dance photographs at the State Library of New South Wales is a sub

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Alex Poignant, Alison Lee, Australian Ballet, Ballets Russes, Borovansky Ballet, Helene Lineva, Linley Wilson, Max Dupain, Rex Reed, Victorian Ballet Guild | Comments (0)

Olga Preobrajenska

March 1, 2011 – 10:37 am

An amazing film of Preobrajenska, former prima ballerina of the Mariinsky, filmed in Paris in 1959, three years before her

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