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Victor Emilyevich Dandré or D'André (Russian: Виктор Эмильевич Дандре; 1870 – 5 February 1944) was a Russian aristocrat and official who was a member of the Saint Petersburg City Duma.
Victor Dandré, her manager and companion, asserted he was her husband in his biography of the dancer in 1932: Anna Pavlova: In Art & Life (Dandré 1932, author's foreword). They had secretly married in 1914 after first meeting in 1904 (some sources say 1900).
Jul 1, 2024 · Russian ballet impresario, and probable husband of Pavlova. A wealthy landowner with a passion for ballet, he became involved with Pavlova in 1914, acting as her manager throughout her career.
In 1900, Pavlova met Victor Dandré, a well-to-do man 11 years her senior who loved ballet and was active in the St. Petersburg City Council. In time, Dandré became her "protector." He helped finance her private lessons, her trips abroad, and her acquisition of a large apartment with its own dance studio in an artistic neighborhood of St ...
Apr 17, 2018 · Pavlova’s manager (and possibly her husband), Victor Dandré, said that Pavlova disliked interviews. She was aware that when being interviewed she had to give diplomatic answers but was afraid of saying more than was necessary. She was a very genuine and forthright person and detested evasion.
Apr 2, 2014 · Pavlova put her husband, Victor Dandré, in charge of organizing her independent tours.
Jan 23, 2008 · Victor Dandré, her manager, was also her companion, and may have been her husband; she herself distracted from clear answers on that. While her contemporary, Isadora Duncan, introduced revolutionary innovations to dance, Anna Pavlova remained largely committed to the classic style.
