1924-5 ANNA PAVLOVA FAREWELL TOUR Program BALLET Final American SOL HUROK illust

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Up for auction is this extremely rare souvenir program from the 1924-1925 American Farewell tour by Anna Pavlova. The tour was produced by her manager Sol Hurok, under the corporate name S. Hurok Inc., New York. The program was published by Arthur Klar in New York. The program contains descriptions of the different ballets to be presented by Pavlova during the tour. This brochure uses the inconsistently transliterated Pavlowa rather than the usual Pavlova or German Pawlowa.The 9.5" x 12.5" and is 16 pages long, gold thread bound program is bound in heavy stock wraps. The front cover has stamped in gilt a recessed plaque with raised figures of a male and female dancer and a facsimile signature of Pavlova, also in gilt. The program is profusely illustrated with 4 full page photographs of Pavlova, several smaller photos of her performing, and quarter page photographs of the Russian male dancers in her company: Laurent Novikoff and Alexandre Volinine.As you can see from the scans, the program is in very good condition. The covers are attached, there is little edge wear, and the interior pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. Please note that the program was too large to fit into my scanner.This program is a must have for anyone interested in the career of Anna Pavlova. The program appears to be extremely rare. Another copy of this program sold for $125 in December. However, I am starting the auction for this rare publication at a low opening bid and the program is OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:Anna Pavlovna Pavlova ( English: /ˈpævləvə, pɑːvˈloʊvə, pæv-/ PAV -lə-və, pahv- LOH -və, pav- , [2] Russian: Анна Павловна Павлова [ˈanːə ˈpavləvnə ˈpavləvə] ), born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova (Russian: Анна Матвеевна Павлова [ˈanːə mɐtˈvʲe(j)ɪvnə ˈpavləvə] ; 12 February [ O.S. 31 January ] 1881 -- 23 January 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 her creation of the role of The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour around the world, including South America, India and Australia. [3]Early lifeAnna Matveyevna Pavlova was born in the Preobrazhensky Regiment hospital, Saint Petersburg where her father Matvey Pavlovich Pavlov served. [4] Some sources say that her parents married just before her birth, others -- years later. Her mother Lyubov Feodorovna Pavlova came from peasants and worked as a laundress at the house of a Russian-Jewish banker Lazar Polyakov for some time. When Anna rose to fame, Polyakov's son Vladimir claimed that she was an illegitimate daughter of his father; others speculated that Matvey Pavlov himself supposedly came from Crimean Karaites (there is even a monument built in one of Yevpatoria 's kenesas dedicated to Pavlova), yet both legends find no historical proof. [5] [6] Anna Matveyevna changed her patronymic to Pavlovna when she started performing on stage. [7]Pavlova was a premature child , regularly felt ill and was soon sent to the Ligovo village where her grandmother looked after her. [6] Pavlova's passion for the art of ballet took off 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. When she was 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 rejected, but, at age 10, in 1891, she was accepted. 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. [8]Imperial Ballet SchoolYoung 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, compact body favoured for the ba... read more

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