#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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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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