Person    | Female  Born 12/2/1881  Died 23/1/1931

Anna Pavlova

Categories: Dance, Seriously Famous

Countries: Netherlands, Russia

Born St. Petersburg, Russia (on 31 January according to the calendar in use at the time). In 1909 she went to Paris with the Ballets Russes tour. Moved permanently to London in 1912 and lived at Ivy House until her death. Died of pleurisy in a hotel in The Hague, Netherlands. There are two statues of her in the grounds of Ivy House. The dome of the Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria Street, is topped with a gilded statue of her. A meringue desert was named after her.

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Anna Pavlova

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Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova lived here, 1912 - 1931. Hendon Corporation

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Pavlova statue

A statue of Pavlova was added to the top of this newly built theatre in 1911 ...

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