Vaslav Nijinsky
Crew1889Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine]
Vaslav Nijinsky (12 March 1889 - 8 April 1950) was a male dancer considered among the greatest of the 20th century. He is closely associated with the Ballet Russes and the influential pieces he choreographed from them including L'après-midi d'un faune (1912) and Le Sacre du Printemps (1913). Nijinsky is also known for the diary he kept from January to early March 1919 where he wrote about his struggles with schizophrenia before being hospitalized.
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7- 2009Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird / The Rite of SpringMovieChoreographer
- 2003The Rite of SpringMovieChoreographer
1990Nijinski, la marionnette de DieuMovieas Self- 1987The Rite of SpringMovieChoreographer
- 1980Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to NijinskyMovieChoreographer
1980Memories of NijinskyMovieas Himself- —Afternoon of a FaunMovieChoreographer