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.

Anna Pavlova in costume for The Dying Swan.





Anna Pavlova and Nicholas Legat in Swan Lake