Volkova, Anna (1917-)

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Barnes, Anna
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Born in Moscow, Anna Volkova began her dance training in Paris with former Imperial Russian ballerinas Olga Preobrajenska and later Lubov Egorova. She began her professional career with Colonel de Basil's Russian Ballet at the Alhambra in London in 1933 and then at Covent Garden in 1935. From 1935 onwards she was a de Basil dancer and travelled with them around the world until 1943.

Travelling on a Nansen passport, Volkova came to Australia with the Covent Garden Russian Ballet in 1938 and returned in 1940 with the Original Ballet Russe. In Australia she danced many important roles and was known in particular for her interpretation of the first Waltz in Les Sylphides. She also danced the Golden Cockerel in Le Coq d'or, initially understudying Tatiana Riabouchinska but then taking on the role as her own, Papillon in Le Carnaval, Frivolity in Les Presages, the Woman in Lutte eternelle and roles in Le Beau Danube and Graduation Ball.

Following the Original Ballet Russe Australian tour, Volkova toured with the company to South America, and was stranded in Cuba during the infamous Ballets Russes strike. She moved to Australia in 1945 to marry an Australian, Jim Barnes, and has lived in New South Wales since that time.

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  1. Anna Volkova interviewed by Michelle Potter
    Volkova, Anna, 1917?-
    [ Sound : 2005 ]
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  1. Anna Volkova interviewed by Michelle Potter
    Volkova, Anna, 1917?-
    [ Sound : 2005 ]
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  2. Anna Volkova in Les sylphides, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s / Maurice Seymour
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    Anna Volkova in Les sylphides, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s / Maurice Seymour
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  3. Anna Volkova in costume for Les sylphides, Ballets Russes / The Sun, Sydney
    [ Photograph : 1939 ]
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    Anna Volkova in costume for Les sylphides, Ballets Russes / The Sun, Sydney
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  4. Portrait of Anna Volkova as the principal angel in Francesca da Rimini, Ballets Russes / Maurice Seymour, Chicago
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    Portrait of Anna Volkova as the principal angel in Francesca da Rimini, Ballets Russes / Maurice Seymour, Chicago
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  5. Serge Ismailoff, Anna Volkova, Oleg Tupine, Tamara Tchinarova and Paul Petroff, Covent Garden Russian Ballet in Australia
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    Serge Ismailoff, Anna Volkova, Oleg Tupine, Tamara Tchinarova and  Paul Petroff, Covent Garden Russian Ballet in Australia
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  6. Artists of The Covent Garden Russian Ballet, including Sono Osato, Paul Petroff, Anna Volkova and Raissa Kouznetsova, rehearsing Choreartium, [ca. 1938]
    Dupain, Max, 1911-1992
    [ Photograph : 1938 ]
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    Artists of The Covent Garden Russian Ballet, including Sono Osato, Paul Petroff, Anna Volkova and Raissa Kouznetsova, rehearsing Choreartium, [ca. 1938]
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  7. Anton Dolin with Irina Baronova (left), Anna Volkova and artists of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet in Les Sylphides, Covent Garden Russian Ballet Australian tour, 1938
    Hall, Hugh P
    [ Photograph : 1938-1939 ]
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    Anton Dolin with Irina Baronova (left), Anna Volkova and artists of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet in Les Sylphides, Covent Garden Russian Ballet Australian tour, 1938
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  8. Les sylphides, featuring Marguerite Gontcharova, Galina Razoumova, Anna Volkova, Phyllida Cooper, Therese Moulin and Sonia Orlova, [3]
    [ Photograph : 1936-1940 ]
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    Les sylphides, featuring Marguerite Gontcharova, Galina Razoumova, Anna Volkova, Phyllida Cooper, Therese Moulin and Sonia Orlova, [3]
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  9. Les sylphides, featuring Marguerite Gontcharova, Galina Razoumova, Anna Volkova, Phyllida Cooper, Therese Moulin and Sonia Orlova, [1]
    [ Photograph : 1936-1940 ]
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    Les sylphides, featuring Marguerite Gontcharova, Galina Razoumova, Anna Volkova, Phyllida Cooper, Therese Moulin and Sonia Orlova, [1]
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  10. Les sylphides, featuring Marguerite Gontcharova, Galina Razoumova, Anna Volkova, Phyllida Cooper, Therese Moulin and Sonia Orlova, [2]
    [ Photograph : 1936-1940 ]
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    Les sylphides, featuring Marguerite Gontcharova, Galina Razoumova, Anna Volkova, Phyllida Cooper, Therese Moulin and Sonia Orlova, [2]
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