... Russian ballet between their public and private professional engagements are being lionised by sections of London Society. M. Nijinsky was the leading attraction at a studio tea in Yeoman’s Row, among those who attended to meet this lion of the season, being ...

... first week of autumn season has just reached me. It begins next week with three davs of Russian ballet, in which Kar. savina Nijinski and the Imperial “Troupe will he seen in Rimsky-Korsakova’s She- “Le Pavillon Teherepnin’s Schumann's “ Carnaval,” and Giselle ...

... ghost is a little disquieting, extraordinarily clever thougn such trick-work is. The stars—Madame Karsavina as Giselle and M. Nijinsky as her lover—are extremely polished and beautiful dancers. Naturally their solos and duets won the usual applause. The second ...

... of the first rank, the corps de ballet itself being a perfect combination. There is Mme. Karsavinr and the incomparable M. Nijinsky. for instance, but the irresistible figure was Pav- lova, and she is such a little thing too! What- ever misgivings may have ...

... pieces, in which the dancers suggest, now in solo, now in duet, and occasionally with a number, the moods of the composer. Nijinsky was thf* only male dancer in this series ; he was dressed in black and white, and the ladies in white. The work here approximated ...

... Some Names few names are necessary. Pavlova and Nijinsky are popular favourites, and I think rightly. Pavlova, of course, had start the other principal ladies. including- Kchessinska. who is a great Russian lady and dances before the C/ar when she inclined ...

... Jeax,” and Florent Schmidt’s Tragedie, de Salome.” The artists comprise the famous basso, Chaliapine, Madame Kousnietzoff, Nijinsky, and Karsavina. Influential support has been secured. ...

... Mention of Drury Lane brings us music, and the Russian performances, which have ended the season, have been best part of it. Nijinsky has been “Jeux,” “L aprcs midi d’un Faune,” and “ Le Sacrc du Printcmps,” making claims for choreography as a serious art ...

... under the village pump on a snowy Christmas morning. Harlequin was dressed to resemble Nijinsky, and Columbine Karsavina, but they did not have much to do, Nijinsky being mainlv engaged in hilling people on the back with a flat piece of wood. The carryings ...

... Week's Theatres. This week the Palace is again to the fore with the reappearance in England of the famous Russian dancer, Nijinsky, who will be supported by Mdlc. Nijinska and chorus. Two favourite dances will be given, “Lcs Sylphides,” and Spectre do ...

... or else are borrowing their friends’ old costumes. Those people who must have something new are mostly asking - for Bakst Nijinsky costumes, and will have nothing else. The only other costumes for which there is any demand at the present moment are Early ...

... ballet dancer, Kchichinskaia, who has been arrested the Duma, created sensation in London six years ago when she appeared with Nijinsky at Covent Garden. On her arrival here she was described the richest woman on the stage,” the “politician-ballerina,” and ...