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5 February 2013

Creative team behind the Music Center triumph: Joffrey Ballet in Nijinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”

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A wonderful group photo of a bunch of folk who worked long and hard to bring an amazing arts experience to the public. The event was the restaging of Nijinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” [...]

19 December 2011

Twentieth century’s greatest male dancers

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My pick of the four greatest male dancers of the 20th century. I gave this a LOT of thought! [...]

10 November 2011

A dancer’s shoes

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Dancers need good shoes. Here’s some from two of the twentieth century’s greatest dancers, Vaslav Nijinsky and Michael Jackson. [...]

14 March 2011

Hoppé’s impromptu Nijinsky photo session

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E.O. Hoppe, the British photo-portraitist being celebrated with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, had an unusual impromptu photo session with Vaslav Nijinsky. The results give disturbing glimpse of Nijinsky the man. [...]

24 December 2009

Say a dance prayer for Gene Kelly in Pittsburgh

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Gene Kelly, the proud dancing son of Pittsburgh deserves a statue of recognition in the Steel City. Why can’t he get one? [...]

24 May 2009

Diaghilev’s five great choreographers

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To create the dances for this glamorous posse, Diaghilev engaged five choreographers over the course of twenty years. This quintet now occupies a permanent spot in choreography heaven as classical ballet’s A-team: Michel Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Leonide Massine, Bronslava Nijinska, and George Balanchine [...]

1 February 2009

Nijinsky danced in Pittsburgh

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Vaslav Nijinsky and the Ballets Russes danced in Pittsburgh in 1916. [...]