What is Anna Pavlova?
{{redirect|Pavlova|the dessert|Pavlova (food)}} {{Infobox person | name = Anna Pavlova | image = Anna pavlova -c. 1905.jpg | imagesize = 250px | alt = nkclmn ;lnnn jn kdclk; | caption = Anna Pavlova, ca. 1905. | birth_name = Анна Павловна (Матвеевна) Павлова | birth_date = {{birth date|1881|02| 12}} | birth_place = [[Ligovo]], [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1931|01|23|1881|02|12}} | death_place = [[The Hague, Netherlands]] | nationality = [[Russia]]n | occupation = [[Ballerina]] | years active = 1899–1931 | parents = Lyubov Feodorovna <br> Lazar Polyakov <br> or Matvey Pavlov | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | elected =}} [[File:Anna Pavlova as the Dying Swan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{center|1=Anna Pavlova in ''The Dying Swan''. St Petersburg 1905}}]] [[File:Anna Pavlova 1912.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{center|1=Anna Pavlova as Lise in ''La Fille Mal Gardée''. St Petersburg 1912}}]] '''Anna Pavlova''' ([[St Petersburg]], 12 February 1881 – [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]], 23 January 1931) <ref name=Pav>Crane, Debra & Mackrell, Judith 2000. ''The Oxford Dictionary of Dance''. Oxford University Press, Oxford. p364</ref> was a [[Russia]]n, and later [[England|English]], [[ballerina]] of the early [[20th century]]. She is widely regarded as one of the finest classical [[ballet]] dancers in history. She was a principal artist of the [[Mariinsky Theatre|Imperial Russian Ballet]] and the [[Ballets Russes]] of [[Serge Diaghilev]]. Pavlova is most recognised for dancing the rôle of ''The Dying Swan''. She danced this short ballet (only four minutes) about 4000 times. The choreography was by [[Mikhail Fokine]]. Her interpretation influenced the way others danced Odette in [[Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[Swan Lake]]''.<ref name=Pav/> In the early 20th century, with her own company, Pavlova became the first ballerina to tour ballet around the world. == Training and style == The young Pavlova's years