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Question:Anna Pavlova
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Pavlova, Anna (1881-1931), a Russian ballerina, became the most famous dancer of her generation. Anna Pavlova was a small, delicate woman whose style of dancing was lovely and graceful. She was best known for "The Dying Swan," a three-minute solo created for her by the Russian choreographer Michel Fokine. Anna Pavlova was born in St. Petersburg. She graduated from the Imperial Ballet School in 1899 and joined the Imperial Ballet Company. In 1906, she became prima ballerina of the company. In 1909, she travelled to Paris to join Sergei Diaghilev's dance company, the Ballets Russes. Pavlova left Russia permanently in 1914 and settled in London. During World War I (1914-1918) she formed her own company and took it on world tours from that time until her death in The Hague, in the Netherlands.


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Pavlova, Anna (1881-1931), a Russian ballerina, became the most famous dancer of her generation. Anna Pavlova was a small, delicate woman whose style of dancing was lovely and graceful. She was best known for "The Dying Swan," a three-minute solo created for her by the Russian choreographer Michel Fokine. Anna Pavlova was born in St. Petersburg. She graduated from the Imperial Ballet School in 1899 and joined the Imperial Ballet Company. In 1906, she became prima ballerina of the company. In 1909, she travelled to Paris to join Sergei Diaghilev's dance company, the Ballets Russes. Pavlova left Russia permanently in 1914 and settled in London. During World War I (1914-1918) she formed her own company and took it on world tours from that time until her death in The Hague, in the Netherlands.

Anna Pavlova :)

Darcey Bussell, & Margot Fonteyn
and I also have to say my ballet teacher Yen-li Chen, who was a principle dancer with Ballet Arizona

Svetlana Zarkhova with the Bolshoi Ballet currently

Darcey Bussell

Natalia Makarova

PolinA Semionova!

Anna Pavlova!