Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Anna Pavlova, is a Russian prima ballerina who lived in the late nineteenth ...

Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, best known for her iconic role in "Swan Lake," pirouetted her way across the world, garnering admiration far and wide. This esteem manifested itself in a dessert that ...

Dance Chronicle, Vol. 35, No. 1, "BALLET IS WOMAN": BUT WHERE ARE ALL THE WOMEN CHOREOGRAPHERS? (2012), pp. 8-29 (22 pages) This article examines the dance practices and performance philosophies of ...

Laurel Snyder's name is printed on the luminous cover of her new children's book, "Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova," of course. But her co-author is not credited. To explain: Snyder was a ...

One of the first dancers from the Imperial Russian Ballet to dance in Western Europe, Anna Pavlova has been awarded near-mythical status as the Prima Ballerina who brought ballet into the 21 Century.