PAVLOVA

Pavlova is considered probably the Greatest Dancer there has ever been and certainly the most famous classical ballerina of her era. She trained at the school of the Imperial Ballet, made her debut as soloist in 1899, and became prima ballerina of the company in 1906. She toured Europe, and in 1910 made her American debut with the Russian dancer Mikhail Mordkin at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. She founded her own company in 1911, and danced extensively in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, often bringing ballet for the first time to remote areas.This image is from the 1905 Bolshoi revival of The Pharaoh's Daughter. Mikhail Mordkin is playing Taor and Anna Pavlova is Princess Aspicia.