Anna Pavlova made Russian ballet famous all over the world, becoming a legend during her lifetime. Each performance of the brilliant Pavlova, each of her dances gave birth to a whole world of thoughts and emotions in the souls of the audience. The name of Anna Pavlova, surrounded by a halo of rumors, gossip and innuendo, still has a great attraction. The short life of a Russian ballerina who died suddenly in 1931 in The Hague still excites minds and makes them look for answers to various questions. What drove her around the world? What made her go on endless tours? Going on stage sick, on the verge of fainting? The eternal restlessness of talent? A premonition of an untimely end? The reader will find answers to these and many other questions about the life and fate of the great ballerina in this book. The publication is supplemented with illustrations and memoirs of the heroine's contemporaries.