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Anna Pavlova was born in St. Petersburg Russia on February 12th 1881.
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Anna and her mother go to the Maryinsky Theater to see The Sleeping Beauty. This play is what inspired Anna into becoming a ballerina.
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Anna was accepted to the Imperial Ballet Academy at the age of 10.
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Anna graduates from the Imperial Ballet Academy at the age of 18 as a coryphee
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Anna has her first company debut.
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Anna was named a second soloist at the Maryinsky Theater
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Anna becomes a first soloist.
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Anna reaches the ranks of Ballerina.
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Anna performs The Dying Swan for the first time. This will become her signature ballet.
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Anna becomes a Prima Ballerina.
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Anna leaves the Maryinsky Theater with other dancers and begins her first tour abroad.
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Anna is signed for her first Paris performance with Diaghilev's Ballet Russe
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Anna formed her own ballet company to tour with.
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Anna debuts in America at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. Her debut marked the beginning of the ballet era in the U.S.
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Anna privately married Victor D'andré
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Anna and her husband Victor bought Ivy House in London where she lived the rest of her life
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Anna took the lead role in a silent film called The Dumb Girl of Portici. She thought film would be a good way to preserve dancing and to reach dance audiences.
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Anna dies of pneumonia at the age of 50
