... famous equestrian statue itself is still in the country THE TRAGEDY OF NIJINSKY-- the greatest of all men I dancers Nearly thirty years have gone by since the I career of Vaslav Nijinsky was brought to an end through I a mental breakdown. He was then only ...

... Comus is vivid, vital, electric and worthy of the finest mime (I have said it before and shall probably say it again) since Nijinsky. In the course of the piece he delivers two passages from the poem with a cadence and an under standing that are rarely found ...

... our Edwardian uncles did when Russian beauties eclipsed the racy frivolities of the Empire and Alhambra, and Pavlova and Nijinsky first twinkled in the heavens that incomparable Adeline Genee and nimble Fred Farren had previously adorned. Modern ballet ...

... of the factors in its development The mainstay of the company were the four dancers, Anna Pavlova, Karsavina, Fokine, and Nijinsky. All played important parts in Diaghilev's life, and contributed greatly to his creative activity But of these four whales ...

... Fielding's youth to an end. Henry Fielding; The Wind at My Back More Children's Books Nijinsky Finds Refuge in England. For the first time since 1913, Nijinsky, who retired from the stage in 1919, has returned to England, and is seen with his wife in ...

... estimate of the art of each individual under review. For one reader at least there is an unforget- table picture of the great Nijinski on and off the stage. The World of Books- ...

... The young prima ballerina was scared of Paris whose toast she was soon to be. Sympathetic, tragic is her word-picture of Nijinsky. The Revolution, with its curious impacts on the St. Petersburg theatre, then the escape from Russia, conclude the story ...