Hamburg troupe explores 'Nijinsky'; Ballet's first D.C. show next week.(ARTS & CULTURE)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: February 21, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Jean Battey Lewis, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The dancer Vaslav Nijinsky flamed across the firmament in one of the most brilliant and brief trajectories in the history of art.

When Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes burst on the Paris scene in 1909, Nijinsky became, at age 20, its star and the most famous male dancer in the world. For the next three years, his spectacular dancing galvanized audiences in such avant-garde works as "Schehera-zade," "Spectre de la Rose" and "Petrushka."

By 1912, he had choreographed the groundbreaking "L'Apres-midi d'un Faun." ...

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