<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1899--1931 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Lyubov Feodorovna Pavlova Lazar Polyakov or Matvey Pavlov </Td> </Tr> <P> Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova (Russian: Анна Павловна (Матвеевна) Павлова; February 12 (O.S. January 31) 1881--January 23, 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 the creation of the role The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour ballet around the world . </P> <P> Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova was born on February 12, 1881 in Ligovo, Saint Petersburg, Russia to unwed parents . Her mother, Lyubov Feodorovna, was a laundress . Her father's identity is unknown . When she was about three years old her mother married Matvey Pavlov, who adopted her and gave her his surname . </P>

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