Tuesday, May 22, 2012

May's Ballerina: Anna Pavlova

Fact #1- Upon seeing Marius Petipa's Sleeping Beauty Anna Pavlova's passion for ballet was ignited.
Fact #2- Alicia Markova's career was inspired by Pavlova.
Fact #3- She was most noted for being a principal artist of the Ballet Russes and the Imperial Russian Ballet.

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Anna Pavlova in costume for The Dying Swan.
Archivo:Anna Pavlova in costume for the Dying Swan, Buenos Aires, ca 1928, by Frans van Riel.jpg




Anna Pavlova and Nicholas Legat in Swan Lake
Anna Pavlova and Nicholas Legat in Swan Lake. Published by Herm.Leiser. © and Courtesy of Dancing Times.


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