Anna Pavlova Quotes
When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.
Pavlova, Anna. Pages of My Life. C. W. Beaumont, 1922, p. 11.
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (English: /ˈpævləvə, pɑːvˈloʊvə, pæv-/ PAV-lə-və, pahv-LOH-və, pav-, Russian: Анна Павловна Павлова [ˈanːə ˈpavləvnə ˈpavləvə]), born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova, 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 her creation of the role of The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour around the world, including South America, India and Australia.