Collection of material relating to Anna Pavlova 1875-1965

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Collection of material relating to Anna Pavlova 1875-1965

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6 boxes and 1 mounted watercolour painting

eng,

The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge Museum

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Anna Pavlova Company.

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Harman, Audrey

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Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) was the most celebrated ballerina of her generation. She studied at the Imperial Theatre School, St Petersburg, and graduated into the Mariinsky Ballet, where she made her official debut in 1899. She was championed by Marius Petipa during her early career, and rose through the ranks to become a Ballerina in 1905, and Prima Ballerina in 1906. She was a contemporary of Mikhail Fokine, who in 1907 choreographed for her an iconic solo dance, The Dying Swan, which she made fa...