Anna Pavlova in Dying Swan

Anna Pavlova in Dying Swan, The Mariinsky Theatre 1907

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[TheKat1473]

This is the most emotional interpretation of the dying swan I have ever seen. Many dancers after Anna Pavlova added fluidity and beauty to this dance. Anna's swan is actually a dying swan. Her dancing is gorgeous but there is some awkwardness in the movements because she is fighting back the grips of death, which is never pretty or perfect. Anna was never afraid to expose her heart on the stage. It seems like she is not dancing, she is actually living it emotionally. Brilliant!

[Lauren Rees]

"Master the technique then forget all about it, and dance with your heart"

Anna Pavlova

[Stephen Mir]

Exactly! Dying and the fight to live is what this piece is about. This was Pavlova's masterpiece as she expressed this moment through the lyrical art of ballet.

[Nonnersz723]

Her role playing is AMAZING. I always come back to this video.

[Galina Kosenko]

Сколько раз смотрю и насмотреться не могу.

[contr4dixion]

Exactly! Not only it's emotional, it's real! Really like a swan, and one fighting off dying.

Sometimes, I imagine her watching other dancers and saying, "She obviously hadn't seen a dying swan before", because she certainly has.

[86chemist1]

Кто исполнял Умирающего лебедя, остались навеки в наших сердцах ! ! !

[taylor hicks]

she is good :)

[brighambunker]

in the movie she said bring me swan outfit but maybe its the movie directors idea

[VVSite]

Чтобы не писали и не говорили - это лучшее исполнение. И не потому что первое. Именно тут видно борьбу жизни со смертью. Все остальные показывали не идею, а мастерство - кто сильнее выгнется или плавнее руками поведет. Все это от Зверева. Тьху, от лукавого :) Браво Анна ты неповторима и "неперевершена" (українською) !

[maximumride57]

if i remember correctly, the dying swan dance was made just for Anna Pavlova

[Elizabeth Urbanowski]

Yes the show is a ridiculous guilty pleasure. However, it was not my source for history it just happened to be the spark, the random reference made by a crazy mom on a tv show led to my looking this up and reading Pavlova's biography. I don't see a dance history class in my future but I've been reading. So however I heard the reference at least i bothered to find out more from reliable sources.