The great ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) began her career with the
Imperial Russian Ballet in 1909, moved to Paris to dance with Vaslav
Nijinsky in Sergei Diaghilev's famous Ballets Russes, and formed her own
dance company in London in 1912. Like celebrities of today, she toured
the world, endorsed beauty products and department stores, appeared in
fashion magazines, and even made a Hollywood movie. But her passion was
always ballet, which she sought to bring to as wide an audience as
possible. Many of the works she brought with her from Russia are
regarded as the foundation of today's classic ballet repertoire. Created
to celebrate the centenary of the founding of Pavlova's English dance
company, this book offers an intimate look at the legendary ballerina
whose name still resonates 80 years after her death.
This richly illustrated book has now been revised to include an entirely
new chapter on Pavlova's tours to North and South America, as well as
new images of Pavlova with Charlie Chaplin. Anna Pavlova:
Twentieth-Century Ballerina takes a fascinating look at the iconic star
whose career spanned Russia and the West in the first half of the
century, showing how she became the most influential dancer of the time.
