What becomes a legend.(Vaclav Nijinsky's influence)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: April 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

"Nijinsky - Death of a Faun" is the latest work inspired by the legendary career of Vaslav Nijinsky. Nicholas Johnson performs the one-man play by David Pownall and Gillian Lynne at St. Clement's Theatre in New York City.

Name a few of today's male ballet idols and you will surely come up with Bocca, Carreno, Corella, Cooper, Boal, Hubbe, Malakhov, Stiefel, Woetzel--but do you instantly remember their first names? There's one dancer, however, who has never needed more than his single name to establish instant recognition. No, I don't mean Nureyev or Baryshnikov. I mean Nijinsky.

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