Anna Pavlova in The Dying Swan, Mariinsky Theatre, 1907
Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th century. She is widely regarded as one of the finest classical ballet dancers in history and was most noted as a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. Pavlova is most recognised for the creation of the role The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour ballet around the world.
Ann Miller and her collection of famous dancers shoes. (1944)
Among famous names on her shoe collection are Nijinsky, Pavlova, Irene Castle, Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire, Gilda Gray and Mae Murray.
Anna Pavlova in Dragon Fly, photographs by Ira L. Hill Studio (1914)
Ann Miller and her collection of famous dancers shoes. (1944)
Among famous names on her shoe collection are Nijinsky, Pavlova, Irene Castle, Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire, Gilda Gray and Mae Murray.
and the last one for today;
Anna Pavlova as a Dragonfly c.1915
Anna Pavlova as Lise in the ballet “La Fille Mal Gardee” (The Wayward Daughter)
Photo taken at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, circa 1910.Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
