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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Pavlova statue
A statue of Pavlova was added to the top of this newly built theatre in 1911 ...
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Tamara Karsavina
Ballerina. Born in St Petersburg, Russia. Leading ballerina with Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from its beginning in 1909 until 1922, often paired with Nijinsky. Married British diplomat Henry...
1 memorial
William H. Heath
Mayor of Wandsworth 1936/37 and ballroom dancer. The cutting in our photograph is dated 24/8/1937, so we presume Mrs Heath was still around, and happy for him and Nellie Wood to go off together!
1 memorial
Trinity Laban
Music and dance conservatoire based in Greenwich. It was formed with the amalgamation of the Trinity College of Music and the Laban Dance Centre.
1 memorial
Sir Frederick Ashton
Ballet dancer and choreographer. Born Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He studied under Léonide Massine and Marie Rambert, and was chief choreographer to Ninette de Valoi...
1 memorial
Lydia Lopokova
Ballerina famous during the early 20th century. Born in Russian as Lidiya Vasilyevna Lopukhova. Trained at the Imperial Ballet School. Toured with the Ballets Russes in 1910, and rejoined them in 1...
1 memorial
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Robert Davis
Solicitor and Westminster Councillor. Mayor of Westminster 1996/97.
1 memorial
1 memorial
German PoWs
N22, South Terrace
The plaques on on the south face of the tower, either side of the entrance. Londonist reported that in the WW2 Blitz (while BBC radio was...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Mickie Most
NW8, Charlbert Street, 42-48, Rak Studios
This building houses the Rak recording studios. Rak Records was founded in 1969 by Mickie Most who sold it to EMI in 1983 but he kept the...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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