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Choreography: Ivan Clustine Company: Anna Pavlova Premiere: 1911 When Anna Pavlova formed her own troupe, she adapted the Journey through the Pine Forest and Waltz of the Snowflakes scenes into a ballet called Snowflakes, with which she toured the United States and Europe from 1911 until her death in 1931. [1]
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova [a] (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; [b] 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1881 – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina.She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, but is most recognized for creating the role of The Dying Swan and, with her own company, being the first ballerina to tour the world, including ...
The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик [a], romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.
Mathilde Kschessinskaya and Pavel Gerdt in La Bayadère ballet by the ballet master Marius Petipa and the composer Ludwig Minkus, 1900 This is a list of ballet dancers from the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list includes as well those who were born in these three states but later emigrated, and those ...
Anna Pavlova: Anna Pavlova 1881 1931 Russia: No Nadezhda Pavlova: Nadezhda Pavlova 1956 Russia: No Ana Pavlovic: Ana Pavlovic 1973 Serbia: Yes [95] Tiler Peck: Tiler Peck 1989 United States: Yes [96] Unity Phelan: Unity Phelan 1995 United States: Yes Marie-Claude Pietragalla: Marie-Claude Pietragalla 1963 France: No Mirta Plá: Mirta Plá 1940 ...
The Nutcracker later comes to life and takes Clara on a magical journey. For more information, visit www.bostonballet.org . More performances: The Nutcracker is back for the holiday season.
The first performances of any Russian version of La Fille mal gardée (i.e., derived from Petipa and Ivanov's revivals) in the West were presented by the touring company of the legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova, one of the most celebrated interpreters of the role of Lise, who while touring London in 1912 performed in an abridged version of the ...
Nutcracker dolls can trace their little wooden development back to the Ore Mountains of Germany in the late 17th century. Most often depicted as toy soldiers, they became gifts and symbols of good ...