Diaghilev and friends
By: [Joy Melville]
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781905791910
Subjects: Friends and associates; Artists; Biography; Ballet; Production and direction; History; Ballet companies; Intellectual life; Artistes; Biographies; Production et mise en scène; Histoire; Compagnies de ballet; Vie intellectuelle; Friendship; Dance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: The boy from Perm; title: Gentlemen's mischief; title: 'Tactless but talented'; title: Goodbye to St. Petersburg; title: Soaring talent; title: Splashing all Paris with colours; title: London: 'exciting to be alive'; title: Crash, crash, sling, slang, bing bang, bing; title: Nijinsky's 'treachery'; title: America to the rescue; title: Nijinsky: the final split; title: Picking up the pieces; title: The lord of the dance brought down; title: The vogue for vogue; title: Exit Leonide Massine; title: Paris in the twenties; title: Enter Serge Lifar; title: New passions for old; title: The shadow of diabetes; title: 'I shall not see you again'.