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    Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky (/ˌvɑːtslɑːf nɪˈ(d)ʒɪnski/; Russian: Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, romanized: Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, IPA: [ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj];...
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  • As a young woman she became interested in dance and specifically Vaslav Nijinsky, the noted premier danseur of the Ballets Russes. They married in Buenos...
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  • Wheeler wrote a screenplay that explores the later life and career of Vaslav Nijinsky; it was based largely on the premier danseur's personal diaries (a...
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  • The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky is a 2001 Australian film written, shot, directed and edited by Paul Cox about Vaslav Nijinsky, based on the premier danseur's...
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  • with a Russian dance and cultural heritage. She was the daughter of Vaslav Nijinsky and the niece of Bronislava Nijinska. In the 1930s she appeared in...
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  • written and designed by Michel Fokine. She assisted her famous brother Vaslav Nijinsky as he worked up his controversial choreography for L'Après-midi d'un...
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    choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes, and was first performed in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 29 May 1912. Nijinsky danced the main...
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    The Rite of Spring (category Ballets by Vaslav Nijinsky)
    Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When first performed...
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    the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Nijinsky was shipped to Ireland, where he was trained by O'Brien at Ballydoyle, County Tipperary. Nijinsky's first four races...
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  • art collector, Ferenc's son Romola de Pulszky, ballerina, wife of Vaslav Nijinsky, Károly's daughter List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of...
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    Beaumont 1944, p. 129 Robert 1949, p. 163 Ostwald, Peter F. (1991). Vaslav Nijinsky, A Leap into Madness. London: Robson Books Ltd. p. 46. ISBN 0-86051-711-X...
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  • Nijinsky (Polish: Niżyński; feminine: Niżyńska, plural: Niżyńscy) may refer to: Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), ballet dancer and choreographer Bronislava...
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    Valentin Zeglovsky, Theodore Kosloff, Adolph Bolm, and the legendary Vaslav Nijinsky, considered the most popular and talented dancer in the company's history...
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    Orchestre Colonne conducted by Pierre Monteux. Tamara Karsavina and Vaslav Nijinsky danced the shepherdess and goatherd. At almost an hour long, Daphnis...
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    The ballet premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet on 13 June 1911 with Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka, Tamara Karsavina as the lead ballerina, Alexander Orlov...
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    legend, London: Putnam Nijinsky, Romola (1980), Nijinsky, London: Sphere Books, ISBN 0-722-16378-9 Ostwald, Peter (1991), Vaslav Nijinsky: a leap into madness...
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    provided the basis for the ballet Afternoon of a Faun choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky and a later version by Jerome Robbins. About his composition Debussy...
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  • Marcel Proust, Arthur Rimbaud, Daniel Paul Schreber, Adolf Wölfli, Vaslav Nijinsky, Gérard de Nerval and J. M. W. Turner. Thus, given the richness and...
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    seem convincing as a rape, despite the nymph's reluctance." In 1912, Vaslav Nijinsky choreographed Debussy's symphonic poem Prelude to the Afternoon of...
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    collaborated on productions choreographed by Diaghilev and dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, notably Le Train bleu, a dance-opera; Orphée and Oedipe Roi.: 31–32 ...
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    famous lover was Vaslav Nijinsky. However, according to Serge Lifar, of all Diaghilev's lovers, only Léonide Massine, who replaced Nijinsky, provided him...
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    well-respected institution with several celebrity patients, including Vaslav Nijinsky, the ballet dancer and choreographer, who was there at the same time...
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    published from 1954 in Berlin, East Germany. In 1916, choreograper Vaslav Nijinsky created the ballet Till Eulenspiegel set to Till Eulenspiegels lustige...
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  • has also been suggested that the film is intended as a parody of Vaslav Nijinsky's ballet Afternoon of a Faun. While a group of nude young women are...
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    Kip Winger: Conversations with Nijinsky, intended to celebrate the life of ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky. The album was recorded by the...
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  • she witnessed Valentino romantically dancing with male ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, teaching him how to do the tango. Next is a young movie executive...
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    (or Afternoon of a Faun) choreographed to Debussy's score in 1912 by Vaslav Nijinsky. Barberini Faun (Glyptothek, Munich) c. 200 BCE Statue of a faun; Vatican...
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  • set to direct a film about Vaslav Nijinsky with a script by Edward Albee. It was to have starred Rudolf Nureyev as Nijinsky, Claude Jade as Romola and...
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    January 1950), dying at the age of 46 "Mama!": 42  ("Mamasha!") — Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish ballet dancer and choreographer (8 April 1950) "I have lost...
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  • Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. He was compared to Vaslav Nijinsky for his technique, particularly his elevation. In 1961 and 1964, he...
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