Anna Pavlova Speaks To Her Swans At Ivy House

This is the only known recording of the voice of Anna Pavlova. I ve included two versions of the footage. In the first version, the ballerina s voice is clearer, and the picture somewhat blurry. And in the second the picture is much clearer, with closeups of the interaction towards the end, but Pavlova s voice is indistinct. It is possible there were (at least) two takes of this scene as the images and the sound are subtly different in each, which I ll outline. In first version of the footage, we see the ballerina walking along a stone path surrounding the edge of a small lake in the gardens of her home, Ivy House, which is situated in Golders Green, north of Hampstead Heath, in London. She throws food from a bowl into the lake towards two large white swans, stationary in the water. As she reaches a small flight of stone stairs coming down from the house, she kneels down and then sits on the ground, her feet towards us, as she continues to throw food into