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A story of triumph and tragedy, hailed as the definitive biography of ballets greatest male dancer (The Times Literary Supplement).
From Richard Buckle, one of the all-time leading authorities on golden-era Russian dance, Nijinsky is an account of the rise and fall of perhaps the most iconic ballet performer of the twentieth century, Vaslav Nijinsky. Drawing on personal conversations with countless people who knew and worked with Nijinsky, including his sister and famed choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, Buckles intimate and astonishing portrait reveals a master whose reign was all too brief.
As a dancer, interpretive artist, and choreographic pioneer, Nijinsky reached unparalleled heights. His breathtaking performances with the Ballets Russes took Western Europe by storm, and his avant-garde choreography for The Afternoon of a Faun and The Rite of Spring, both now regarded as the foundation of modern dance, caused riots in the streets.
Through his liaison with the great impresario Sergei Diaghilev, Nijinsky worked with the artistic elite of the timeincluding Alexandre Benois, Lon Bakst, Claude Debussy, Mikhail Fokine, Tamara Karsavina, Anna Pavlova, and Igor Stravinskyand lived in an atmosphere of perpetual glamour, hysteria, and intrigue. But when Njinsky married Hungarian aristocrat Romola de Pulszky, Diaghilev abruptly dismissed him from the Ballets Russes. Five years after the betrayal, Nijinsky was diagnosed with schizophrenia and declared insane, and the final curtain fell on the worlds most famous dancer.
This remarkable biography both celebrates Nijinskys profound genius and shadows his descent into the madness that is inextricably linked with his legendary reputation.

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1a.Theatre Street, Petersburg. Old photograph provided by Mme Natalia Dudinskaya.
lb.The Mariinsky Theatre (Imperial Opera House), Petersburg. Old photograph reproduced from a programme of Pavlovas and Mordkines Saison Russe, Palace Theatre, London, 1910-11.
2a.Alexandre Benois. Painting by Leon Bakst. In USSR.
2b.Leon Bakst. Painting by B. Kustodiev. In USSR.
2c.Anna Pavlova at home. Old photograph in the authors collection.
3.Sergei Diaghilev and his nurse. Painting by Leon Bakst. Russian Museum, Leningrad.
4a.Nijinsky in school uniform, c. 1900. Old photograph.
4b.Nijinsky in either La Source or Don Giovanni. Old photograph reproduced in Le Thtre before the first Russian season in 1909. Theatre Museum, London, Gross-Hugo donation.
4c.Nijinsky in Eunice. Radio Times Hulton Picture Library.
4d.Nijinsky as a Torero in Pakhita. Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection.
5.Tamara Karsavina and Michel Fokine in The Fisherman and the Pearl. Old photograph.
6a.Nijinsky in Le Pavillion dArmide, first version. Old photograph. Courtesy A. & C. Black.
6b.Anna Pavlova and Nijinsky in Le Pavillion dArmide, first version. Old photograph.
6c.Anna Pavlova and Nijinsky in Le Pavillion dArmide, first version. Old photograph.
6d.Anna Pavlova and Nijinsky in Le Pavillion dArmide, first version. Old photograph. Courtesy of Anna Pavlova Memorial Museum, London.
7.Nijinsky in Le Pavillion dArmide. Drawing by John S. Sargent.
8a.Nijinsky at the time of his graduation from the Theatre School and first meeting with Diaghilev, 1908. Old photograph, courtesy of Anna Pavlova Memorial Museum, London.
8b.Nijinsky in Les Sylphides. Old photograph reproduced from programme of Gala de Danse at the Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Paris, 28 June 1939.
8c.Nijinsky in Les Sylphides (close-up). Old photograph reproduced from programme of Gala de Danse.
8d.Tamara Karsavina and Nijinsky in Les Sylphides. Old photograph reproduced from programme of Gala de Danse.
9.Nijinsky in Giselle, Act II. Photo Bert.
10.Nijinsky in Schhrazade. Photo Baron de Meyer reproduced from Vanity Fair.
11.Nijinsky in Schhrazade. Drawing by Valentine Gross. Theatre Museum, London, Gross-Hugo donation.
12a.The Botkine sisters, Pavel Koribut-Kubitovitch, Tamara Karsavina, Nijinsky, Igor Stravinsky, Alexandre Benois, Sergei Diaghilev and Alexandra Vassilieva at Beausoleil. Photo Nicolas Besobrasov. Collection of the heirs of Igor Stravinsky.
12b.Nijinsky at Isola Bella. Photo Sergei Diaghilev. Collection of the heirs of Igor Stravinsky.
13a.Maurice Ravel, Nijinsky and Bronislava Nijinska on the balcony of Ravels Paris flat. Photo Igor Stravinsky. Collection of the heirs of Igor Stravinsky.
13b.Nijinsky and Maurice Ravel at the piano. Photo Igor Stravinsky.
14.Tamara Karsavina and Nijinsky in Carnaval. Watercolour drawing by Ludwig Kainer. Authors collection.
15a.Nijinsky as the Faun. Etching by Una Troubridge. Authors collection.
15b.Nijinsky in practice clothes. Drawing by Maxime Dethomas. Owner unknown. Reproduced from Le Ballet Contemporain by Valerien Svetlov, 1911.
15c.Nijinsky on the Lido. Painting by Leon Bakst. Collection Mrs Robert Woods Bliss.
I5d.Nijinsky. Drawing by Oskar Kokoschka. Collection Frau Regina Bhler.
16.Tamara Karsavina and Nijinsky in Le Spectre de la rose. Photo Bert.
17.Tamara Karsavina and Nijinsky in Le Spectre de la rose. Photo Bert.
18.Nijinsky in Petrushka (close-up). Photo Dover Street Studio.
19a.Tamara Karsavina and Nijinsky in Petrushka. Drawing by Valentine Gross. Theatre Museum, London, Gross-Hugo donation.
19b.Nijinsky in Petrushka. Drawing by Valentine Gross. Theatre Museum, London, Gross-Hugo donation.
20.Nijinsky in Le Dieu bleu. Photo Bert.
21a.Nijinsky in Narcisse. Photo Balogh, courtesy of Sotheby & Co.
21b.Nijinsky in Les Orientales (close-up). Photograph in collection of Theatre Museum, London, Gross-Hugo donation.
22.Nijinsky in LAprs-midi dun faune. Photo Bert. Theatre Museum, London, Gross-Hugo donation.
23a.Nijinsky in LAprs-midi dun faune. Photo Baron de Meyer, reproduced by courtesy of Mr John OBrien from a copy of Meyers very rare book of photographs of LAprs-midi. This book has been handsomely reprinted by Dance Books, London.
23b.Nijinsky, Lydia Nelidova and five of the other six Nymphs in LAprs-midi dun faune. Photo Baron de Meyer, reproduced by courtesy of Mr John OBrien from Meyers book.
24af.Tamara Karsavina, Ludmilla Schollar and Nijinsky in Jeux Pastels by Valentine Gross. Collection Harvard College Library.
25ad.Tamara Karsavina, Ludmilla Schollar and Nijinsky in Jeux Photos Gerschel, the first reproduced from a Comoedia Illustrprogramme of the Ballets Russes for 1913, courtesy of Mme Schollar.
26ac.Three male dancers in Le Sacre du printemps.
26d.Six female dancers in Le Sacre du printemps; Julitska, Ramberg (Marie Rambert), Jejerska, Boni, Boniecka, Faithful. Reproduced from aComoedia Illustrprogramme of the Ballets Russes for 1913.
27a.Group from Le Sacre du printemps, Act I. Pastel by Valentine Gross. Theatre Museum, London, Gross-Hugo donation.
27b.Group from Le Sacre du printemps, Act II. Pastel by Valentine Gross. Theatre Museum, London, Gross-Hugo donation.
28a.Josefina Kovalevska, Miriam Ramberg (Marie Rambert), Ekaterina Oblokova and Sophie Pflanz on the Avon. Photograph, courtesy of Dame Marie Rambert, enlarged by Astrid Zydower.
28b.Romola and Vaslav Nijinsky at the Majestic Hotel, Buenos Aires, after their wedding. Photograph from a scrapbook made by Lady Juliet Duff, collection of Mr Richard Davies and Mr David Dougill.
29a.Romola and Vaslav Nijinsky in their car, New York, 1916.
29b.Romola and Vaslav Nijinsky at Virginia Water, Surrey, 1949. Photograph in collection of Theatre Museum, London, Gross-Hugo donation
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