| Description | Ginner was a great fan of Madame Anna Pavlova as shown by the four scrapbooks dedicated to her. This scrapbook contains a letter written by Ginner to Pavlova’s husband after her death in which she writes that she never missed a performance of Pavlova's, she also makes other comments that suggest she and Pavlova were friends. The January 1930 issue of ‘The Link’ (BB/K/1/22) documents a visit by Pavlova to the Ginner-Mawer school on 28 November 1929 where she watched a short demonstration of Greek movement arranged by Miss Ginner, in which all members of the school participated. This was reported as being a great honour for all those who met her.
Detailed contents:
Mainly press cuttings with some programmes and a letter concerning the death of Anna Pavlova. The pages and articles have handwritten dates next to them. The first article is from 20 January and is announcing Pavlova's illness; small pressed flowers have been placed round the article announcing her death on the 23 January 1931; includes articles regarding her burial and several tributes; leaflet for a lecture by Mr Aubrey Hitchins on The Life and Art of Anna Pavlova at the Ginner-Mawer School, 23 November 1932; programme for a memorial matinee at the Palace Theatre, 21 February 1935, for which Ruby Ginner was a patron; article from The Link regarding Pavlova's visit to the Ginner-Mawer School on 28 November 1929; articles announcing the death of Monsieur Victor Dandré February 1944; letter of tribute to Victor Dandre from Ruby Ginner (8 pages); separate folder contains programme for The Pavlova Commemoration Committee's midnight performance in memory of Pavlova at the Stoll Theatre 23 January 1956. |