Pavlova was a superstar in ballet in the early 2th century, and she made invaluable contributions to ballet.
Anna Pavlova was born in a poor family in St. Petersburg on January 31, 1881. My father is a soldier from a peasant background, and my mother washes clothes for others, leading a very poor life.
Pavlova was admitted to St. Petersburg Dance School when she was 1 years old. After nine years of hard training, she entered the Mariinsky Theatre Ballet and quickly became the chief actress of the troupe. At this time, Russian ballet, on the one hand, inherited the great tradition laid by Petipa and Ivanov in the 19th century, and on the other hand, marked by Fujin's creative activities, entered a new period of change when the "Russian performance season" reached its glorious peak in Dyagilev. Pavlova is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of classical ballet, and actively supports and participates in the new ballet reform movement. It is these factors that have created her artistic characteristics and performance style.
Pavlova has performed many plays: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Remunda, Dancer, Giselle, Fairy, Egyptian Night and so on. Her performance is vivid and lifelike; Her artistic style is rigorous and meticulous. A critic once analyzed the secret of her success like this: "She is always training and rehearsing. She never stopped because she won the honor. "
in p>199, Pavlova made her debut in the "Russian Performance Season" in Paris, which caused a sensation in Paris and the world. In 191, she organized her own small ballet company and began to tour around the world. During her 2-year-long traveling performance, she has been to China, Egypt, South Africa, Uruguay, Chile, Canada, Australia, Sweden and other 44 countries, traveling 5, miles, giving thousands of performances and attracting countless audiences. She wears out 2, pairs of pointe shoes a year. Even in today's developed transportation, this is unimaginable.
Pavlova has made immeasurable contributions to the spread and popularization of ballet art around the world. She not only promoted the birth and development of ballet in many countries, but also revived the dying ballet in some countries, and influenced the fate of many people with its extraordinary artistic charm. For example, Ashton, a famous British choreographer, saw Pavlova's performance in Ecuador at the age of 14, and from then on she decided to devote herself to this lofty art and become a world-famous ballet master.
Pavlova devoted her whole life to the art of ballet, and finally died in January 1931 when she was preparing for a performance in The Hague, the Netherlands. At that time, the Royal British Ballet was performing. After learning this unfortunate news, the conductor of the band announced that it was Anna. Pavlova performed "Death of Swan"-the curtain slowly opened, and the band played the music of San Sang. The stage was empty, only a beam of chasing light was moving slowly.
Pavlova has gone, but she will always be remembered as an immortal swan.