Anna pavlova as the dying swan

Anna Pavlova

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  • Born

    St. Petersburg, Russia

  • Her First Ballet

    When she was 8 years old she saw her first ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, at the Mariinsky Theatre

  • Entered the Imperial Ballet Academy

  • Joined the Imperial Ballet

  • The Dying Swan

    First performed her signature role, the "Dying Swan."
    -choreographed by Mikhail Fokine
    -music composed by Camille Saint-Saens

  • Ballet Russe

    Joined Sergey Diaghilev's Ballet Russe

  • On Her Own

    made her own ballet company

  • Home for Children

    Founded a home in Paris for Russian refugee orphans

  • Died

    Contracted double pneumonia and died in the Hague, Netherlands