Word: pavlova
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Like the great actress Eleonora Duse, the great dancer Anna Pavlova last week died in a hotel, in a strange country. In France, near Dijon, a railroad accident kept her waiting for hours in an unheated train. She caught cold and by the time she reached The Hague, planning to dance there, influenza had developed, also pleurisy. Death came swiftly, in three days. On the third day she roused from a coma and spoke to Victor Dandre, her husband and accompanist. She thought she was herself again, high on her toes, poised for dancing. "Play that last measure softly...
Other undergraduate organizers of the conference at Harvard include: Samuel D. Baum '98; Nicholas A. Chavez '98, who is a Crimson editor; William Decherd '01; Jason M. Goldberg '98; Wesley K. Gilchrist '98; Oliver C. Haugen '98; Elena I. Pavlova '99; Laura E. Rosenbaum '00, who is a Crimson editor; Kimberly Song '98; Misasha C. Suzuki '99, and Sheila Warren '98. According to Geraci, dozens of students at schools across the country and around the world have worked on the conference...
...historic Kirov Ballet, in New York City last week and soon to embark on a six-city national tour (Washington, Los Angeles and Seattle are among the upcoming destinations), is a disappointment. The Kirov nurtured George Balanchine, the greatest choreographer of modern times, as well as such stars as Pavlova, Nureyev, Baryshnikov and Makarova. In addition to their individual gifts, these dancers reflected the discipline and the poetry that they learned in Leningrad...