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Nijinsky
Lucy Moore
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Description for Nijinsky
Paperback. The first major biography for thirty years tells the tragic story of ballet's great revolutionary, Vaslav Nijinsky. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
'He achieves the miraculous,' the sculptor Auguste Rodin wrote of dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. 'He embodies all the beauty of classical frescoes and statues'. Like so many since, Rodin recognised that in Nijinsky classical ballet had one of the greatest and most original artists of the twentieth century, in any genre. Immersed in the world of dance from his childhood, he found his natural home in the Imperial Theatre and the Ballets Russes, he had a powerful sponsor in Sergei Diaghilev - until a dramatic and public failure ended his career and set him on a route to madness. ... Read more
'He achieves the miraculous,' the sculptor Auguste Rodin wrote of dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. 'He embodies all the beauty of classical frescoes and statues'. Like so many since, Rodin recognised that in Nijinsky classical ballet had one of the greatest and most original artists of the twentieth century, in any genre. Immersed in the world of dance from his childhood, he found his natural home in the Imperial Theatre and the Ballets Russes, he had a powerful sponsor in Sergei Diaghilev - until a dramatic and public failure ended his career and set him on a route to madness. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
303g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846686191
SKU
V9781846686191
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About Lucy Moore
Lucy Moore is an author and broadcaster whose work includes the bestselling Maharanis: The Lives & Times of Three Generations of Indian Princesses. She has written for the Sunday Times, Observer, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, and has presented series for the BBC and Sky.
Reviews for Nijinsky
Mesmerising ... enthralling ... atmospheric ... meticulous and intelligent ... Moore's descriptions of Nijinsky's eventual isolation from his sister, rejection by his wife, and how he remained locked in insanity for the rest of his life are unforgettable
Daily Telegraph
Superb biography ... Moore recounts [Nijinsky's story] with scholarship, grace and imagination
Sunday Times
His final ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
Superb biography ... Moore recounts [Nijinsky's story] with scholarship, grace and imagination
Sunday Times
His final ... Read more