Editing Anna Pavlova (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Anna Pavlova dancing.jpg|thumb|upright|Pavlova dancing, mid-1910s]]
[[Victor Dandré]], her manager and companion, said he was her husband in his biography of the dancer in 1932, ''Anna Pavlova: In Art and Life''.{{harv|Dandré|1932|loc=author's foreword}}{{page needed |date=August 2024}} They had secretly married in 1914 after first meeting in 1904 (some sources say 1900<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pavlova-anna-1881-1931|title=Pavlova, Anna (1881–1931)|website=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref>). He died on 5 February 1944 and was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]] and his ashes placed below those of Anna.

Dandré wrote of Pavlova's many charity dance performances and charitable efforts to support Russian orphans in post-[[World War I]] Paris

{{blockquote|...who were in danger of finding themselves literally in the street.  They were already suffering terrible privations and it seemed as though there would soon be no means whatever to carry on their education.{{sfn|Dandré|1932|p=248}}}}

Fifteen girls were adopted into a home Pavlova purchased near Paris at Saint-Cloud, overseen by the Comtesse de Guerne and supported by her performances and funds solicited by Pavlova, including many small donations from members of the [[Camp Fire (organization)|Camp Fire Girls of America]], who made her an honorary member.{{sfn|Dandré|1932|pp=251—259}}

During her life, she had many pets, including a [[Siamese cat]], various dogs and many birds, including swans.{{sfn|Dandré|1932|pp=329—349}} Dandré indicated she was a lifelong animal lover, corroborated by photographic portraits for which she sat, often with an animal she loved. A formal studio portrait was taken of her with Jack, her favourite swan.{{sfn|Dandré|1932|pp=329—349}}