31, 1881 (and, as it happens, the 50th anniversary of her passing, Jan., 23, 1931, in The Hague).
The tutu was the focal point of an exhibit in the Museum of London - one of a number of events staged by the international ballet world this year to mark the 100th anniversary of Pavlova's birth in Petrograd (now Leningrad) Jan. These ballerinas of the future, all students of the Royal Academy of Dancing here, were face to face with the faded white ballet costume that had been worn by the most famous ballerina of the past, Anna Pavlova, in one of her legendary performances of Saint-Saens "The Dying Swan." A quiet group of young teen-age girls in green wool overcoats, knee socks, and brown shoes stood studying an old-fashioned tutu decorated with goose feathers.
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