Anna Pavlova was the most celebrated ballerina of her time. Born in 1881 in St Petersburg, Russia she studied at the Imperial School of Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1891, joined the Imperial Ballet in 1899 and by 1906 was a prima ballerina. After leaving the Imperial Ballet, Anna formed her own ballet company and went on tour, introducing her classical style of ballet to the world. She visited several countries travelling over 500,000 miles by boat and train and giving over 4,000 performance. She died of pneumonia while on tour in the Netherlands just before her 50th birthday.
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Being a ballet groupie, so to speak, Anna Pavlova was one of my early idols, so this photo is special! Thanks.
That's a great postcard for this week's theme.
What a beautiful photo. That's a lot of miles isn't it? I didn't know she died in the Netherlands but then frankly, I didn't know much about her at all, so thank you for enlightening me.
A clever photo to get that pose en pointe. There is something about the photographer's logo and the cursive font that looks familiar. Is it a German or French publisher?
Great postcard of a great dancer.
I hadn’t realised she’d died so young - a beautiful picture.
Balancing on toe is much harder than it looks. Beautiful photo!
My favourite dessert "Pavlova" was reportedly named after her, when she visited Australia.
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