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Anna Pavlova
Анна Павлова
Life Time
7 December 1909 - 7 June 1994
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The origin of the great Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova is still a mystery. Her mother, Lyubov Fedorovna Pavlova, was married to retired soldier Matvey Pavlov, but biographers have reason to believe that the biological father of the girl was banker Lazar Polyakov. Whether it was in fact, or a major public figure and rich man wanted to add to all his high-profile titles, and so honorable fatherhood, thoroughly unknown. Anna herself preferred to be called Anna Pavlovna - by name - and recalled that
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The origin of the great Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova is still a mystery. Her mother, Lyubov Fedorovna Pavlova, was married to retired soldier Matvey Pavlov, but biographers have reason to believe that the biological father of the girl was banker Lazar Polyakov. Whether it was in fact, or a major public figure and rich man wanted to add to all his high-profile titles, and so honorable fatherhood, thoroughly unknown. Anna herself preferred to be called Anna Pavlovna - by name - and recalled that in her early childhood she did not know her father's attention: they lived with her mother together in terrible poverty.
Pavlov's laundry did not represent a more favorable position for her daughter than the career of a fashionista. But it wasn't. Wanting to please her dear girl, Lyubov Fedorovna once bought tickets for the Sleeping Beauty at the Mariinsky Theatre. Anna was so fascinated by the beauty of the ballet that from that evening she dreamed of nothing more than the opportunity to dance like a prima ballerina.
Nine-year-old Pavlova was lucky: she was accepted into the Vaganov School (with its strict discipline and excellent ballet training), and then into the troupe of the Mariinsky Theatre. The little, fragile, sickly girl had unheard-of willpower: she rushed to perfection, went on stage, even when she was unhealthy, and walked to the heights of art step by step, overcoming herself. In 1906, Pavlova became the leading dancer of the troupe.
Fate presented her with a gift: a creative alliance with a great dancer and choreographer
Victor Dandre . Thanks to him, the will of Anna to be buried in Russia is known, but the last request of Pavlova, who glorified her homeland like no other, has not yet been fulfilled. The urn with the ashes of a Russian ballerina is located in the Golders Green Crematorium, in London, where once there was her house, and a small swan lake in the park, and a huge flower garden with tulips, which she loved so much.
The image of Anna Pavlova, her short and dazzlingly beautiful life was reflected in the film by Emil Lotyanu.
Anna Pavlova . /