![]() Her performance as the swan is particularly beautifully captured in words, allowing her grace and particular style to be understood by young readers. As Pavlova’s story continues, Snyder captures the way that she created a home for herself when Russia changed and the importance of her performing around the world. Through the words you can feel the tremble of desire, the longing for a different life and then the drive to learn and perform. ![]() Snyder’s poetry is just as delicate and strong as Pavlova herself. The book goes all the way through to her death, where she still longed to perform and dance until the very end. ![]() She became the most famous ballerina of all time, helped by her tireless work to bring dance and music to those who had never experienced it. Her body was considered all wrong for ballet, since she was so thin and not athletically built. ![]() At age 10, she was admitted and studied dance. She auditioned twice for the Imperial Ballet School, turned down the first time because she was too young. ![]() Then her mother takes her to the ballet one night and Anna’s life is transformed by a desire to dance. It begins with her childhood where she grew up poor, the daughter of a laundress in Russia. This is a poetic and radiant look at the life of Anna Pavlova, prima ballerina. Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Julie Morstad ![]()
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