They had planned to organize a press conference with Anastasia on Tuesday evening, but it started later. Journalists had been waiting for her more than one hour. Not one of the organizers came there to tell people the reason why Anastasia was late. As soon as the journalists decided to leave the hall, someone that had been present in the hall during all that time came up to them, said that he was a representative of the national TV company. Then he called one of organizers and told people to wait a little and she would come. In several minutes they arrived. One of the organizers, president of “Grand Media” company Armen Davtyan apologized for being late. They said that the reason for this was the fact that the flight had been delayed. Then Anastasia thanked everyone that hadn’t left the hall and were present there. But later during the press conference she contradicted what they had said by saying that she had already seen the stage of the Opera House.
Anastasia came to Armenia with her colleagues, ballet stars Mark Petrokin and Sergey Maximenkov. She is in Armenia for the first time and besides that this is her first concert after the birth of her two-month aged child. She accepted the invitation of one of her good friends, member of the NA and head of “Grand Valley” company Tigran Arzakantsyan to visit Armenia. She said that she didn’t have any contracts with that company and for her this was a cooperation based on human relations. Anastasia also said that Armenian composer Ara Gevorgyan was her friend too and that his music was included in her program. One of the journalists asked her whether there had been intimate relations with Ara Gevorgyan before and she refused by saying that in case of this kind of relations her husband, businessman Igor Vdovin “would kill her”.
By the way, this star bears the title of “Scandalous Prima of Ballet”. She was 17 when people started to speak gossip things about her after her play called as “The Swan Lake”. Some people call her as “Kurnikova of ballet”. In 1998 Volochkova started to work at “Bolshoy Theatre”, but here people started to gossip about her. She was left out of the theatre. She was occupied in court proceedings for a long time and only in 2001 she could recover her place in the theatre. She didn’t feel uncomfortable regarding the journalists’ questions concerning her private life: “I have nothing to hide. I am happy with my husband and with my daughter, and I want to share my happiness with everyone”.
She will not be able to visit many places in Armenia, because she doesn’t have much time to do that. But she is going to visit an Armenian Church, children’s shops and a Russian bathhouse. She liked the Opera House very much and said that in most cases these kind of cultural constructions don’t keep the initial appearance after reconstruction. This is not her last cooperation with Armenia. She is planning to organize a philanthropic concert in spring. By the way, she dances with Mark Petrokin in “Spartak” of Aram Khachatryan.
We asked her what kind of goals and aims she had. “I dream of founding a theatre and dance school”, -said Volochkova. Her mother has organized a project, which is called “Anastasia Volochkova for children”. This program is intended only for children. Her first play in Moscow after the birth of her daughter is going to take place at the end of January. By the way, she started to train again two days after the birth of her daughter. No ballet dancer in the world has recovered her power so fast.
Concerning her luxurious jewelry Volochkova said that these had been presented to her and that she didn’t want to advertise any company. Anyway, she advertised some Armenian companies. Besides thanking “Great Valley”, “Masis Tobacco”, “Grand Media”, “Armavia” and “Golden Palace” companies she also thanked “Viva Cell” company. “The secret-word of our fortune, I mean my husband and me, is VIVA (Vdovin Igor, Volochkova Anastasia). When we arrived in Armenia this note appeared on the screen of my phone, and I thought I had received a message from my husband. Then it turned out that it was the greeting message of “VivaCell””, -said Anastasia.