TAMARA TCHINEROVA FINCH (born 1919)
Tchinerova Finch studied alongside the “Baby Ballerinas” Irina Baronova and Tamara Toumanova in the studio of Olga Preobrajenska, and joined the de Basil and Blum Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as a soloist during its first season in 1932. She danced with the Ballet Russe until 1939 when she chose to remain in Australia at the close of the Company’s tour there. Tchinerova Finch danced with several Australian ballet companies and is credited with making a significant contribution to the development of ballet in that country. While in Australia, she met and married the actor Peter Finch and worked with him on a number of films before leaving Australia to make her home in England. Tamara Tchinerova Finch currently lives in London where she is a dance writer.