Woolliams, Anne (1926–1999)
Woolliams, Anne (1926–1999)
English ballet dancer and teacher. Born Aug 3, 1926, in Folkestone, Kent, England; died July 8, 1999, in Canterbury, Kent, England; trained with Judith Espinosa and Vera Volkova; m. Jan Stripling.
In England, danced with Lydia Kyasht troupe, London Ballet, and Russian Opera Ballet (late 1940s); taught for Vera Volkova in Florence and Chicago; served on faculty of Essen Folkwangschule (1958–63); with John Cranko, founded and taught at the Stuttgart Ballet school (1963–75), danced as Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet and Queen Mother in Swan Lake, and became Cranko's assistant artistic director (1969); after Cranko's death (1973), became artistic director at the Stuttgart, and staged his works throughout Europe; was artistic director of Australian ballet (1976–77); was dean of dance at Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (1977–87); appointed artistic director of Vienna State Opera Ballet (1993).