Vaslav nijinsky

Vaslav Nijinsky as Prince Albert in the “Giselle” Ballet Photograph signed by L. Roosen. Paris. 1910 Collection of Toni Candeloro Courtesy of Art Knowledge News.

I am Nijinsky. I am a simple man. I have bad habits. But I want to get rid of them… I want loving care and not harsh care...

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Rudolph Balogh photographed Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1950), the lead dancer of Sergey Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, during the company's March 1912 season in Budapest. The dancer who brought a hitherto unknown glamour to male roles and created the first modernist ballets, Nijinsky was particularly admired for his total immersion in his roles

Вацлав Нижинский, Нью-Йорк, 1916 г.

View Vaslav Nijinsky in 'Danse Siamoise' By Blanche Jacques-Emile; oil on canvas; 87 x 47 5/8 in. (221 x 121 cm.); Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

Karl Struss, Vaslav Nijinsky in "Afternoon of a Faun", circa 1912

Nijinsky in Monte Carlo (1911). Photographed by Igor Stravinsky.

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Ballet Dancer Vaslav Nijinsky by Bettmann

Born 50 years apart, they are the most famous male ballet dancers of the 20th century. They trained at the same ballet school in St Petersburg and both caused a sensation when they appeared in the west. Each stood for something larger than themselves: Nijinsky for pre-Revolutionary Russian exoticism and Nureyev for Soviet bravura at the height of the Cold War.

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Vaslav Nijinsky appeared mild mannered in public, but onstage was like a chameleon, able to physically transform himself into the various characters of his ballet repertoires.

Vaslav Nijinsky in Ballets Russes' Sheherazade, 1910. Via Victoria and Albert Museum #dancefashion