Born St. Petersburg, Russia (on 31 January according to the calendar in use at the time). In 1909 she went to Paris with the Ballets Russes tour. Moved permanently to London in 1912 and lived at Ivy House until her death. Died of pleurisy in a hotel in The Hague, Netherlands. There are two statues of her in the grounds of Ivy House. The dome of the Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria Street, is topped with a gilded statue of her. A meringue desert was named after her.
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Anna Pavlova
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Pavlova statue
A statue of Pavlova was added to the top of this newly built theatre in 1911 ...
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Ballet Rambert
Britain's oldest dance company. Founded by Dame Marie Rambert initially as Rambert Dancers, and then, at the Mercury Theatre, in 1931, as the Ballet Club and then, until the 1980s, as Ballet Ramber...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Anya Sainsbury
Former ballerina. Born Anya Linden. She studied at the Royal Ballet School under Sir Frederick Ashton and others. She and her husband Sir John Sainsbury, established the Linbury Trust, which offers...
1 memorial
Tamara Karsavina
Ballerina. Born in St Petersburg, Russia. Leading ballerina with Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from its beginning in 1909 until 1922, often paired with Nijinsky. Married British diplomat Henry...
1 memorial
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Victoria Station - war memorial - west
SW1, Victoria Station
"... and of whom those whose names ..." - we just don't write English like that any more, thank heavens.
War dead | WW1
535 subjects commemorated
535 subjects commemorated
Lina Vella Calogera Lombardo
There is some confusion about this lady who was killed in the Moorgate tube disaster. Although she is shown as 'LOMBARDO, LINA VELLA' on the Moorgate tube disaster memorial in Finsbury Square, Lon...
1 memorial
Watch House
NW3, Holly Place, 9
British History Online points out that this plaque incorrectly names the Hampstead Police Force since, by the time they moved into this b...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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