Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlova
Anna PavlovnaPavlovaПавлова; February 12 1881 – January 23, 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. 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...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth12 February 1881
CitySaint Petersburg, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.
Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.
Dancing is my gift and my life... God gave me this gift to bring delight to others. I am haunted by the need to dance. It is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual. It is happiness.
Where there is no heart there is no art.
Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.
It is by the steady elimination of everything which is ugly - thoughts and words no less than tangible objects - and by the substitution of things of true and lasting beauty that the whole progress of humanity proceeds.
It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.
If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
I danced from the moment I could stand.
Get my swan costume ready.
What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.
Once upon a time the English knew who they were.
When a small child... I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong.