#OTD #TDIH #April8, 1950: #RIP: #HBD #VaslavNijinsky. #Nijinsky #Ballet #BalletRusse #ImperialBalletSchool #SergeiDiaghilev #RomolaDePulszky #Schizophrenia #DanceSky
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#VaslavNijinsky was born in Kiev #OnThisDay in 1889 or 1890, considered the greatest male ballet dancer of the 20th c., choreographing radical new #ballets such as "L'Après-Midi d'un Faune" (1912) to music by #ClaudeDebussy:

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#OTD #TDIH #March12, 1890: #HBD #VaslavNijinsky! #Nijinsky #Ballet #BalletRusse #ImperialBalletSchool #SergeiDiaghilev #RomolaDePulszky #Schizophrenia #BalletSky #DanceSky
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"L'Après-Midi d'un Faune" premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris #OnThisDay in 1912; the #ballet was choreographed by #VaslavNijinsky for the #BalletsRusses with #music by #ClaudeDebussy — a great moment in the history of music
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🪷 #VaslavNijinsky was not only a dancer, he was also an Expressionist artist! Impressed by Russian Expressionist artists he met in Paris, #Nijinsky, who died 8 April 1950 in an insane asylum, used every spare moment painting and drawing when not dancing. These are only four of his many paintings. 🪷

Died #otd Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950), Ballet dancer, 75 years ago today #VaslavNijinsky life story...

#OTD #TDIH #April8, 1950: #RIP: #HBD #VaslavNijinsky. #Nijinsky #Ballet #BalletRusse #ImperialBalletSchool #SergeiDiaghilev #RomolaDePulszky #Schizophrenia
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Nijinsky

Wacław Niżyński may have been born in #Kyiv #OnThisDay in 1889 or 1890. #VaslavNijinsky became one of the greatest #ballet dancers of the 20th c. before sinking into schizophrenia & being institutionalized; here he is as the faun:

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#OTD #TDIH #March12, 1890: #HBD #VaslavNijinsky! #Nijinsky #Ballet #BalletRusse #ImperialBalletSchool #SergeiDiaghilev #RomolaDePulszky #Schizophrenia
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Vaslav Nijinsky Ukrainian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky was BOTD in 1890. Born in Kiev in Soviet Ukraine to Polish parents, he grew up in the Caucasus and entered the Imperial School of Dancing in St Pe…

Ukrainian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, superstar of the Ballets Russes and choreographer of “The Rite of Spring”, was BOTD in 1890. #vaslavnijinsky #supergays #bornonthisday

I see Nijinsky eyes everywhere.

One of the drawings he made just before his admission to a mental health clinic.

Tree cross

Some images of my latest ongoing project “In search of Nijinsky” (famous danser 1889 - 1950) #vaslavnijinsky #photoproject #bookproject

"L'Après-Midi d'un Faune"

"L'Après-Midi d'un Faune" premiered in Paris #OnThisDay in 1912; the #ballet was choreographed by #VaslavNijinsky for the #BalletsRusses with #music by #ClaudeDebussy — one of the great moments in the history of music & dance:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Lr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterno...

Vaslav Nijinsky

Wacław Niżyński may have been born to ethnic Polish parents in #Kyiv #OnThisDay in 1889 or 1890; known as #VaslavNijinsky, he became one of the greatest #ballet dancers of the 20th c. before tragically sinking into schizophrenia & being institutionalized:
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