30 November 2010. Winter branch and bird...
Willow trees by the water's edge. Kokoshnik and sarafan...
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Anna Pavlova, at the very end of life, holding her costume for The Dying Swan. "Play the last measure very softly..."--her last words. The performance was held as scheduled--but following an old ballet tradition, a single spotlight circled an empty stage where she would have danced...
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