The Great Nijinsky : : god of Dance
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Prologue: Wonder of wonders -- Born to dance -- World of art -- The Ballets Russes -- Celebrity and adulation -- Petrushka -- The Afternoon of a Faun -- Games and rituals -- Romola -- The war years -- The last dance -- Leap into madness -- Epilogue: Legacy and legend.
Dance prodigy, sex symbol, gay pioneer, cultural icon--Vaslav Nijinsky rose to fame as the star of the Ballets Russes in Paris before mental illness stole his career and the last thirty years of his life. A tragic story of a great genius, this compelling work of narrative nonfiction chronicles a life of obsessive artistry, celebrity, and notoriety.
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PUBLISHED
Watertown, Massachusetts : Charlesbridge, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 112 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781580898003
1580898009
SUBJECTS
Nijinsky, Vaslaw, -- 1890-1950.
Ballet dancers -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Choreographers -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.