Nijinsky / Vera Krasovskaya ; translated from the Russian by John E. Bowlt.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Publication details: New York : Schirmer Books ; ©1979.Description: viii, 374 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0028718704
  • 9780028718705
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 792.8092 NIJ
LOC classification:
  • GV1785.N6 K7213
Summary: "This book chronicles the sublime achievements of Nijinsky the dancer and recounts the sorrowful history of Nijinsky the man. Its pages sparkle with names immortal in dance, music, and theatre - Nijinsky's teacher, partners, colleagues: Legat and Cecchetti; Kschessinska, Karsavina, and Pavlova: Bakst and Benoit; Stravinsky, Debussy, and Ravel. Looming above all are his mentor Diaghilev, who made him the 'miracle' that he was, and his wife Romola, who devotedly cared for the gentle madman that he became." -- Book Jacket
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Translation of Nizhinskiĭ.

"A Dance Horizons Book."

Includes index.

"This book chronicles the sublime achievements of Nijinsky the dancer and recounts the sorrowful history of Nijinsky the man. Its pages sparkle with names immortal in dance, music, and theatre - Nijinsky's teacher, partners, colleagues: Legat and Cecchetti; Kschessinska, Karsavina, and Pavlova: Bakst and Benoit; Stravinsky, Debussy, and Ravel. Looming above all are his mentor Diaghilev, who made him the 'miracle' that he was, and his wife Romola, who devotedly cared for the gentle madman that he became." -- Book Jacket

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