In 1905, prima ballerina Anna Pavlova premiered a solo ballet created just for her, “The Dying Swan,” which she would go on to dance about 4,000 times before her death in 1931. “It was a ...

Like the great actress Eleonora Duse, the great dancer Anna Pavlova last week ... but most memorable was her simple Swan Dance at the end of which, bravely dying, she crumpled into a pitiful ...

Anna Pavlova was recorded dancing The Dying Swan in a 1925 silent film, to which sound is often added. The short ballet has influenced interpretations of Odette in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ...

The two leading interpreters of “The Dying Swan” are, of course, Anna Pavlova and Plisetskaya—each doing different versions. The Swan in Pavlova’s dance is badly injured and dying.

Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova, by Laurel Snyder ... especially for her lead role in The Dying Swan. Budding ballet dancers are bound to be inspired by her story, and one hopes that ...

is incorrect in stating that the Dying Swan is part of Swan Lake. It is a solo dance created for Anna Pavlova, has never been a part of any complete work and of course has nothing to do with Swan ...

One of the most prominent items on display is a tutu worn by ballerina Anna Pavlova. She wore the tutu in her signature ballet The Dying Swan that was choreographed in 1905. "She had a particular ...

[Dancer] Anna Pavlova’s ‘The Dying Swan’ exerted a major impact on [fashion] designers.” Cosgrave: “Björk had selected a number of [Pejoski’s] outfits and wore them while promoting ...