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A fairy-tale about the Dying Swan

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One day there was born a girl who made Russian classical ballet special forever. Her name is Anna Pavlova. And she played a lot of roles:she was a teacher, a stage manager and a producer. She established traditions of Russian dance school abroad. She was famed for her dance in concert etude The Dying SwanAnna Pavlova was born in Saint-Petersburg in 1881. When she was 5 her mother took her to the Mariinsky Theatre Sleeping Beauty performance which determined her fate.We were very, very poor, but my mother always managed on major holidays give me any pleasure ...From the memories of Anna Pavlova

She was tall and slim, with long legs and hands. Being young she possessed neither steel toe nor virtuosity. At the same time, she was so nimble that with great success she performed multi-character classical roles.

In 1906 Anna became leading ballet dancer. Years of Anns appearance were the period of search in Russian ballet. So Mikhail Fokine, her partner and future famous choreographer, made a new form of ballet where Anna Pavlova was the first performer of key roles.She had a very special dancing style and her aerial leap encouraged Michael Fokine to create romantic performances.Her flying arabesque was painted by Valentin Serov on the poster to her first Russian Seasons in Paris in 1909.

Anna Pavlova was not only a perfect psychological actress but also a neo-romantic ballet-dancer. She had a fine appreciation of every performance.Fokine created famous The Dying Swan for her. She didnt think about innovation, but she reformed the ballet only with her appearance and manner of dancing. She changed the world attitude to the ballet forevermore.

Seeing the performance of this miniature, Camille Saint-Sans said, "Madam, thanks to you I realized that I wrote beautiful music!" But the composer was surprised by the tragic interpretation of his music. In a series of "Carnival of the Animals", the swan does not die, and the music is written in a major key.

Anna left the Mariinsky Theatre in 1913.Anna had previously met a man. His name was Victor Dandre. He rented an apartment for Pavlova. They got married in Paris secretly.Dandre took up all deals of her own troupe: he made contracts, took care about advertisement, talked with reporters. Pavlova performed in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1913 and 1914. Her last concert was in Moscow. Then she travelled in Europe, USA, Asia and Australia.Anna was a selfish person, very hard-working and in spite of external vulnerability very adventurous.

Anna Pavlova and Victor Dandre lived in London in the mansion Ivy-house.

She adored animals and birds and also flowers. She didnt have her own children and started to teach ballet to English children.

There is also a unique filming with Pavlova dancing The Dying Swan. It was her favourite performance and her last words before the death were: Prepare my Swan suit! She didnt mean her life without a dance and died in 50 being world famous.

Anna Pavlova was a person of her time. She liked fashion. Clothes style a la Pavlova became very popular. She brought into vogue Spanish shawl with fringes and hats, which she could wear in a very elegant manner.

Dandre made some photoshoots for her. She liked to pose with swans.

All in all, the story of a ballet dancer, who was a daughter of a laundress and a military retiree, looks like a fairy-tale. But sometimes fairy-tales come to life. She reached her pinnacle of fame, wealth and success.

So, what is left from the image of Anna Pavlova nowadays? Fashion La Pavlova Thousands of internet pages with her name A cloud melting in the blue sky far away A fairy-tale about the incomparable ballet dancer whos fame is still remembered

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