ANNA PAVLOVA (personality)

Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballerina from the 1890s to the 1930s. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. Pavlova is most recognized for the creation of the role The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour ballet around the world. She passed away in 1931 at the age of 49.