New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-02

-'~A thUtler
to see a performance Of Tscb.:
kowsky's ballet "The sleenrn
Beauty" at the Marynsky Theater. petro...,
During scene in the second act az =,
fashioned waltz was danced nv orx..
joyous young people.
How would you like to be able to d,,..
like that?" her mother asked the little o.,
But the future artist was not at all ~,
pressed with the idea Of mastering such
ordinary accomplishment. While her rnot,..
was anticipating the day when she oou,,
watch her daughter gracefully gliding ov..
the polished floor Of ballroom, much 49,.
ambitious thoughts were occupying the r.,
of the little girl.
That kind Of dancing would give me- w..
little pleasure" she answered. ~ shouId -.
fer to dance like the beautiful ladv WIN.
playing the Sleeping Beauty. Just vou ~.
and see, mother dear. Some day shalt.
the Sleeping Beauty and dance in this 49,.
theater."
The story Of how this prophecy wa, g.,
filed is told in a French translation ~ V
Svetloff's Anna Pavlowa," by W. petroe -.
Gently published in Paris by Maurice de Bru-
nof. The volume is one of limited edition
de luxe, beautifully printed and elaborated
illustrated. The portraits, MANY of tbern =
color, snow the dancer in all her roles and
include, besides unconventional pictures ~
Nine. Pavlowa at home, in the theater and q,
her travels, reproductions of designs made for
her costumes by Leon Bakst and other,
There is chapter on "The Origin Of Class,
Dancing" another on "Pavlowa in Relatio, :,
CLASSIC Choreography," while the final naps.
are devoted to critical eulogies on the danee,.
art.
One chapter, pages From Ny Life" is con.
tributed by Pavlowa herself Here she tells
of the ambitions aroused by the performance
of "The Sleeping Beauty" which also was The
occasion Of her first visit to the theater. A.
that time she was living with her mother in
tiny apartment in Petrograd She was an
only child, and her fathers death had left his
widow in greatly reduced circumstances. The
hope Of a lucrative career for her dauehter
as we'll as persistent campaign of tears and
pleading on the part of the little girl. finally
resulted in visit to the director of tn.
Imperial Ballet School.
Our rules forbid us to enter child eight
years old. Come back in two years" was the
verdict.
during these two years little Anna thought
Of nothing but her future career She reA
all the books about dancing upon which DE-
could lay her hands and attended every posi-
Bile performance
At the end Of this period Of waiting the
little girl began her studies, filled with en-
thusiasm For the first time she came into
contact with the routine life of the bale.
school. Every morning at o'clock gong
awakened the students. The daily ceremonial
OF washing and dressing was carried out ii
the presence of teacher, whose duty it was
to examine with critical glances the hair,
teeth and hands of each pupil Next came
prayers, chanted before an icon by one Of the
older students, then 9 o'clock breakfast Of
tea and bread and butter. The dancing lesson
which followed took place in great ball.
where the portraits of Russian sovereigrs
looked down from the walls and the only fur
niture consisted of piano, several mirrors
and few benches. The classes were taught
in rotation, passing into other halls for othe'
studies when the dancing lesson was over.
Luncheon was served at ~ o'clock. Afterward
the students went for walk Retweer dinner,
at o'clock, and supper, at s, there were mos
lessons. Nine o'clock was bedtime.
The most exciting days of this well ordered
life occurred when the Emperor and the I'M
perial family visited the school. On those @.
casons the most accomplished pupils daneea
for their sovereign on the stage of the lis's
theater, which formed part of the school,
Later the royal family invariably took fa
with the little dancers and generally observer
such democratic behavior that no one felt In
Inundated or i'll at ease. Pavlowa tells OF nel
chagrin, when one day Emperor Alexander ~
picked up in his arms one of her little scno"
mates.
Il want to be kissed by the Emperor, TOO
she walled, bursting into tsars. One OF 'N
grand dukes, seeing her distress, took her
his knee, but little PaHlowa refused to be eonf
forted.
For six years Pavlowa endured the lie
the school which she compares to q conve"