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La danseuse

Au cimetière de Novodievitchi.

La pierre tombale d’Anna Pavlova, décédée en 1931. La grande dame du ballet russe était entrée à l’école de danse du Théâtre impérial à l’âge de 10 ans. Elle avait été la grande vedette de la troupe du théâtre Marinsky, dont elle devint la première danseuse en 1903. Au cours de sa remarquable carrière, elle a triomphé dans « La Mort du Cygne » en 1907.

 

Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova (Russian: Анна Павловна (Матвеевна) Павлова; February 12 [O.S. January 31] 1881 – January 23, 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. Pavlova is most recognized for the creation of the role The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour ballet around the world. She toured South America and India.

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