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PAVLOVA ANNA: (1881-1931) - PAVLOVA ANNA: (1881-1931) Russian prima ballerina, remembered for her creation of the role of The Dying Swan . Vintage signed 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photograph of Pavlova standing en pointe in an elegant full-length pose in costume from her most famous role for The Dyiang Swan . Signed in dark fountain pen ink across the centre of the image and dated at Buenos Aires, 30th February 1919, in her hand. Some light silvering to the edges of the image and with some heavy traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG The Dying Swan is a solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saen's Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux as a piece d'occasion for Pavlova, who performed it around 4,000 times. The short ballet, of four minutes, follows the last moments in the life of a swan, and was first presented in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1905. In 1919, Pavlova famously performed her signature solo, The Dying Swan , in the lush gardens of the Palacio Errázuriz-Alvear (now the National Museum of Decorative Arts) in Buenos Aires.