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The Russian Ballet Icons Gala, will be dedicated to Anna Pavlova and 100 years of the establishment of Anna Pavlova House in London, will take place at the London Coliseum. The gala will include performances by the best living masters of ballet, dancing pieces from the legendary ballerina's repertoire as well as classic and contemporary dedications to this undeniable icon. Born 31 January 1881 in St. Petersburg she was accepted into the Imperial Ballet School in 1891 at the tender age of ten, and on graduation began to perform at the Mariinsky Theatre. Her performances were met with great acclaim, and another tour followed in 1908. In 1909 the impresario Sergei Diaghilev staged a historic season of Russian ballet in Paris, and Anna Pavlova appeared briefly with the company there and later in London. In 1914 she was traveling through Germany on her way to England when Germany declared war on Russia and her connection to the Motherland was for all intents broken. For the rest of her life she kept a home in London, which is today known as Anna Pavlova House.