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... of balleto manes, or simply audiences, about Nijinsky. To this day he is regarded as the incomparable male dancer, his interpretation of roles unique and his comprehension of new methods amazing. Nijinsky was neither tall, slender nor gooa-iooKing. un ...
... 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 ...
... Continental doctor, Dr. Manfred Sakel, has almost cured the world-famous Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, who has spent twenty years in a mental home. Nijinsky is now forty-eight years old and hopes to start dancing again after another final treatment in ...
... and that reader would be hard to please indeed who did not find therein much to appreciate, much to remember. Nijinsky /7rVie Art of Nijinsky, by Geoffrey Whitworth (Chatto and Windus. 3s. 6d. net), is an admirable little monograph. The present book, ...
... discovered to be the last word in abstract music, I still prefer it in its former aspect. I wonder how many people remember Nijinsky's amazing choreography. I have just been looking up what I wrote of it in the old, old, far-off days, as the chorus of beavers ...
... New York. Fokine writes about his colleagues among dancers, musicians and artists and the names of Stravinsky, Benois and Nijinsky stud the pages of this spirited autobiography which will be a must for balletomanes. FOKINE (Constable. 42s.), intelligently ...
... I congratulate him on veering so gracefully from Sir Galahad to Bluebeard, the Marquis de Sade, and the Faun of Debussy (Nijinsky version). Miss Marie Ney, who is a consummate artiste, never forced the note. Her struggles to preserve calmness as death ...
... 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- ...
... experience of those first nights must remain among the best memories of all who had a share in them Karsavina was the partner of Nijinsky, and a large part of the adulation of the public was necessarily hers. Yet she was never spoiled by it, but always remained ...
... of lawn tennis the theatres have given us in the past have never suggested anything very expert. I always felt, when I saw Nijinsky in Jeux, that I could beat him 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. Harry Tate's burlesque a year or two ago was a frank exhibition of incompetence ...
... Whatever has happened to it, it is no less bizarre or complicated. M. Massine dances the title-role, originally written for poor Nijinsky, and Mile. Riabouchinska was the essence of heartless grace as the cruel dancing doll who broke his sawdust heart. Petrouchka ...
... sofas and going all elfin. The poet was a nervy, excitable creature, but there was nothing of Puck, Lob, Peter Pan, Ariel, Nijinsky and Co. about him. Bailef Rambert. From Mr. Haggard's performance at the Globe to ballet is an easy transi tion. The little ...