The great Nijinsky god of dance
Dance prodigy, sex symbol, gay pioneer, cultural icon--Vaslav Nijinsky rose to fame as the star of the Ballets Russes in Paris before mental illness stole his career and the last thirty years of his life. A tragic story of a great genius, this compelling work of narrative nonfiction chronicles a lif...
| Main Author: | Curlee, Lynn (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Watertown, Massachusetts :
Charlesbridge,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Wonder of wonders
- Born to dance
- World of art
- The Ballets Russes
- Celebrity and adulation
- Petrushka
- The Afternoon of a Faun
- Games and rituals
- Romola
- The war years
- The last dance
- Leap into madness
- Epilogue: Legacy and legend.