Problem
Who was she?
What can I see?
Where is it and is it worth a special trip?
Answers
She was a Russian-born ballerina who later lived in London, England, started her own ballet company and toured the world. When she visited Australia and New Zealand a white meringue was named after her, a pavlova.
On reading her life story for he umptenth time it struck me that she is a prime candidate for a motivational speech.
London,
1 Ivy house in Golders Green, NW London, England, a house which she bought and where she lived to the end of her life.
2 Pavlova Statue above Victoria theatre, Victoria Street, SWI. (Not the Apollo theatre near Victoria station, London.)
Confusingly, London has two Victoria theatres.
I have photographed both theatres several times.
3 Urn in Golders Green Crematorium, downhill from the house, beyond Golders Green station.
Learning Russian
If you speak English and you are trying to learn Russian, keep looking at the letters of her name on the picture of the urn (in Wikipedia) and saying her name to yourself.
Her name is also on the commemorative coin from Russia, by her toe.
Pavlova
Both Australia and New Zealand claim to have the
I went to try to trace the sotry of Pavlova in Australia. The hotel had a plaque. The manager at the time I visited did not know much about it but produced a history of the hotel and later sent me some information. I was disappointed not to see a statue of her in the hotel. They didn't even have pavlova on the menu the day I visited.
Worldwide, every time I eat a white meringue, or see meringue or the English dessert Eton Mess in a restaurant, or supermarket, I think of the Russian ballerina, Pavlova.
Websites
Find a Grave gives a quick compact summary of her life.
Wikipedia gives much more detail.
mapstreetview.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. I have several more posts on sights in London, and learning Russian. Please share links to your favourite posts.
Who was she?
What can I see?
Where is it and is it worth a special trip?
Answers
She was a Russian-born ballerina who later lived in London, England, started her own ballet company and toured the world. When she visited Australia and New Zealand a white meringue was named after her, a pavlova.
On reading her life story for he umptenth time it struck me that she is a prime candidate for a motivational speech.
London,
1 Ivy house in Golders Green, NW London, England, a house which she bought and where she lived to the end of her life.
2 Pavlova Statue above Victoria theatre, Victoria Street, SWI. (Not the Apollo theatre near Victoria station, London.)
Confusingly, London has two Victoria theatres.
The theatre showing David Mamet's A Life in the Theatre in 2005
| |
| Address | Shaftesbury Avenue London, W1 United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51.511472°N 0.133417°WCoordinates: 51.511472°N 0.133417°W |
| Public transit |  Piccadilly Circus |
| Owner | Nimax Theatres |
| Designation | Grade II |
| Type | West End theatre |
| Capacity | 658[1] |
| Production | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 21 February 1901 |
| Architect | Lewin Sharp |
| Website | |
| nimaxtheatres | |
The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London.[2] Designed by the architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfeld,[3][4] it became the fourth theatre constructed on the street when it opened on 21 February 1901[4]
I have photographed both theatres several times.
3 Urn in Golders Green Crematorium, downhill from the house, beyond Golders Green station.
Her name is also on the commemorative coin from Russia, by her toe.
Pavlova
Both Australia and New Zealand claim to have the
I went to try to trace the sotry of Pavlova in Australia. The hotel had a plaque. The manager at the time I visited did not know much about it but produced a history of the hotel and later sent me some information. I was disappointed not to see a statue of her in the hotel. They didn't even have pavlova on the menu the day I visited.
Worldwide, every time I eat a white meringue, or see meringue or the English dessert Eton Mess in a restaurant, or supermarket, I think of the Russian ballerina, Pavlova.
Websites
Find a Grave gives a quick compact summary of her life.
Wikipedia gives much more detail.
mapstreetview.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. I have several more posts on sights in London, and learning Russian. Please share links to your favourite posts.
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