A Ballerina For Our Time, Olga Pavlova is the inspiring biography of a Russian prima ballerina who overcame the impossible to fulfill her dream. Olga's touching story of passion and perseverance speaks to anyone dedicated to overcoming life's challenges. Like young girls everywhere, Olga desperately wanted to become a ballerina. Her road to success was filled with personal struggles, triumphs, and life lessons for overcoming obstacles to achieve prominence. From being confined to a hospital bed with a serious spinal injury as a child to becoming the victim of vicious jealousy inside the infamous Bolshoi Ballet Academy where she trained, she rose above it all to become a prima ballerina on the world stage.