Vaslav Nijinsky
(1889-1950)
The legendary dancer and choreographer, here in the costume of L'Après-midi d'un faune, was the star of the Ballets Russes from 1909 to 1913. Serge de Diaghilev's famous troupe was invited to the Théâtre du Casino de Deauville from August 6 to 21, 1912 for five performances during the inaugural season. For the first time, this company performed in France outside of Paris. Nijinsky, then at the height of his career, danced in Deauville: Le Spectre de la Rose, Le Festin, (pas de trois from Les Sylphides), L'Oiseau bleu, (from La Belle au bois dormant) andCarnaval. These performances in Deauville marked the height of Nijinsky's happy period, before he fell into a schizophrenia that led to his psychiatric internment in 1919.
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