Nijinsky
Subtitle: [a life of genius and madness]
By: Richard Buckle ; [foreword by Clement Crisp]
Contributors: Crisp, Clement
Edition: 1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
Publisher: Pegasus Books; Distributed by Norton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 585
ISBN-13: 9781605983387
Subjects: Dancers; Choreographers; Ballets russes; Biography
Description: "Vaslav Nijinsky stands alone as a dancer, interpretive artist, and choreographic pioneer. His breathtaking performances with the Ballet Russe took Western Europe by storm, and his avant-garde choreography for The Afternoon of the Faun and Rite of Spring caused riots in the streets. Both are now regarded as the foundation of modern dance. Through his liaison with the great impresario Diaghilev, he worked with the artistic elite of the time--Benois, Bakst, Debussy, Fokine, Karsavina, Pavlova, Stravinsky--and lived in an atmosphere of perpetual hysteria, glamour, and intrigue. When he married a Hungarian aristocrat, Diaghilev abruptly dismissed him from the Ballet Russe. Five years later, he was declared insane. The fabulous career of the greatest dancer who ever lived was over.  Drawing on personal conversations with countless people who knew and worked with Nijinsky, including his sister and famed choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, Richard Buckle has written the definitive biography of Nijinsky"--Amazon.com, viewed May 24, 2012.
Notes: Subtitle from jacket.

Reprint.  Previously published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1971.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-[544]) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of plates; title: List of line drawings; title: Acknowledgements; title: Principal characters; title: Introduction to the first edition; title: Introduction to the second edition; title: Introduction to the third edition; title: Foreword / Clement Crisp; title: August 1898-December 1908; title: 1909; title: 1910; title: 1911; title: January-August 1912; title: Autumn 1912-September 1913; title: September 1913-November 1917; title: November 1917-April 1950.