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Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova ((ロシア語:Анна Павловна (Матвеевна) Павлова); – 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. ==Early life== Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova was born on February 12, 1881 in Ligovo, Saint Petersburg, Russia to unwed parents. Her mother, Lyubov Feodorovna, was a laundress. Her father was rumoured to have been Jewish (some sources, including ''The Saint Petersburg Gazette'', state that her biological father was the banker Lazar Polyakov).〔Олег Керенский приводит утверждение Владимира Полякова — сына Лазаря Полякова о том, что Анна была побочной дочерью его отца (См.: Oleg Kerensky. Anna Pavlova. N-Y., Dutton Publ., 1973. ISBN 0-525-17658-6)〕 Her mother's second husband, Matvey Pavlov, is believed to have adopted her at the age of three, by which she acquired his last name. Pavlova's passion for the art of ballet was ignited when her mother took her to a performance of Marius Petipa's original production of ''The Sleeping Beauty'' at the Imperial Maryinsky Theater. The lavish spectacle made an impression on Pavlova. At the age of nine, her mother took her to audition for the renowned Imperial Ballet School. Because of her youth, and what was considered her "sickly" appearance, she was not chosen. In 1891, she was finally accepted at the age of 10. She appeared for the first time on stage in Marius Petipa's ''Un conte de fées'' (''A Fairy Tale''), which the ballet master staged for the students of the school. Young Pavlova's years of training were difficult. Classical ballet did not come easily to her. Her severely arched feet, thin ankles, and long limbs clashed with the small and compact body in favour for the ballerina at the time. Her fellow students taunted her with such nicknames as ''The broom'' and ''La petite sauvage'' (The little savage). Undeterred, Pavlova trained to improve her technique. She would practice and practice after learning a step. She took extra lessons from the noted teachers of the day—Christian Johansson, Pavel Gerdt, Nikolai Legat—and from Enrico Cecchetti, considered the greatest ballet virtuoso of the time and founder of the Cecchetti method, a very influential ballet technique used to this day. In 1898, she entered the ''classe de perfection'' of Ekaterina Vazem, former ''Prima ballerina'' of the Saint Petersburg Imperial Theatres. During her final year at the Imperial Ballet School, she performed many roles with the principal company. She graduated in 1899 at age 18, chosen to enter the Imperial Ballet a rank ahead of ''corps de ballet'' as a ''coryphée''. She made her official début at the Mariinsky Theatre in Pavel Gerdt's ''Les Dryades prétendues'' (''The False Dryads''). Her performance drew praise from the critics, particularly the great critic and historian Nikolai Bezobrazov. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anna Pavlova」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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