Nijinsky (52 page)

and Diaghilev
244
–5

Diaghilev and Vaslav
248

divorce
227
–8

in England
233
–4

fortune telling
190

and Frenkel
201
,
225
–6

in Hungary
180
–1,
231
–2

and Kyra
240

Kyra's birth
179

in later life
240

marriage
158
–62,
164
,
168

and men
217
f

Morrell on
179

Palace Theatre
173
–4,
175
,
176
,
285
n

in Paris
218
–19

Paris brothels
67

pregnancy
169

Lady Ripon on
179

Le Sacre du printemps
4
,
147

sexuality
248
–9

South American tour
154
,
194
–7

Spain
191
,
192
,
193
–4

on
SS Avon
154
,
157
–8

in Switzerland
198
–204,
233

and Tamara
219
,
228
,
240

in United States
183
–91,
223

and Vaslav
105
,
119
–20,
145
,
147
,
229
,
248
–9

Vaslav's biography
227
,
228

Vaslav's clothes
170

Vaslav's death
234

Vaslav's diary
204
–5,
207
,
208
–9,
211
,
212
,
228
,
240

Vaslav's mental illness
201
,
212
–
13
,
226
,
229
–30,
231
,
233
,
240

in Vienna
232
–3

Nijinsky, Stanislas (Stassik)

birth
8

childhood
9

dance training
9
,
10

death
199

mental illness
11
,
221

Nijinsky, Tamara
218
–19,
240

in Budapest
223

at Kreuzlingen
229

and Romola
228
,
229
–30,
239

and Vaslav
219
,
231
,
253
–4

Vaslav's funeral
234

Nijinsky, Vaslav Fomich

Acis and Galatea
27
–8

and Aga Khan
105

androgyny
248
–9

L'Après-midi d'un faune
3
,
72
,
81
–2,
90
,
99
–104,
106
,
108
–13,
116
,
129
,
249
,
271
n

La Belle au bois dormant
45
,
46

birth
8
,
262
n

Bloody Sunday riots
25
–6

Bourman's biography
228

Bronia's pregnancy
136
–7

Bronia's wedding
217
f

bullfight
193

Carnaval
75
,
79

and Cecchetti
147
–8

and Chaplin
188
–9

childhood
9
–10,
11
,
12
–13

choreography
1
–2,
75
,
81
–2,
101
–
2
,
103
–4,
112
,
116
,
242
,
254
–6

circus
12

Cléopatra
60

and Cocteau
73
f

creativity
250

dance notation
181
–2,
198

as dancer
63
–6,
252
–4,
255
,
256
–8

death
234

meets Diaghilev
39
,
46
–7,
48
–51

relationship with Diaghilev
3
–4,
56
,
67
–8,
69
–71,
76
,
83
–4,
94
,
96
–8,
113
,
118
–19,
135
,
138
,
151
–2,
163
–5,
241
–4,
246
–8,
255
–6

diary
204
–12,
228
,
240

Le Dieu bleu
109

dismissal from Ballets Russes
168
,
169
,
171
,
173
,
178
–9

and Duchesse de Durcal
194

and Duncan
47
,
48

in England
233
–4

family
6
–8

and father
13
,
30
,
119

Le Festin
57

La Fille Mal Gardée
31

Firebird
256

and Fokine
100

fortune telling
190

Friends of St Stephen's
150

funerals
234

and Futurism
124

Giselle
75
–6,
79
,
82
–3,
104

and Gorshkova
32
–3

in Hungary
180
–2,
231
–2

Imperial Theatre School
14
–22,
25
,
27
–8,
29
–34

Imperial Theatres
45
–6,
82
–4

jai alai
192
–3

Jeux
3
,
115
–17,
118
,
120
,
121
,
122
–4,
151
,
249
,
256

and Karsavina
120
,
121
–2

Koestonbaum
245
–6

and Kyra
179
,
181
,
198
–9,
200
,
201
–2

lack of confidence
74
–5,
76

languages
18
,
57
–8,
113
,
123

legend
239
–61

La Légende de Joseph
125
,
151
,
177
–8

London
96
,
113
–15

and Lvov
34
–8,
45
–6,
49
,
50
,
51
,
68
,
265
n

Mariinsky Theatre
27
–8,
31

marriage
158
–63,
164
–5,
168
–9,
173
–4,
181

masturbation
33
,
50

mental illness
195
–7,
200
–1,
204
,
205
–6,
210
,
212
–13,
218
–24,
226
,
229
–30,
231
–2,
233
–4,
240
,
250
–2

Mephisto Valse
182
,
187
,
188

military service
84
–5,
119
,
162
,
166

music hall
189

musical literacy
103

L'Oiseau de feu
74

painting classes
82

Palace Theatre
172
–6,
285
n

Paris
48
–9,
50
,
52
,
56
,
57
–9,
60
,
61
–71

Paris Opéra
171

Le Pavillon d'Armide
38
–9,
47
,
48
,
57
,
68
,
247
–8

Petrushka
81
,
89
,
90
,
92
–5

and Piltz
138
–9

possessions
169
–70

practice
62

and prostitutes
33
,
97
–8,
164
,
265
n

publicity photographs
258
–9

and Rambert
139
,
167

and Rodin
117
–18

and Roerich
126

and Romola
105
,
119
–20,
145
,
147
,
155
,
157
–62,
239
–40

Romola's biography
227
,
228

Roosevelt wedding
177

Le Sacre du printemps
1
–5,
121
,
122
,
128
,
129
–38,
140
,
142
,
143
,
144
,
145
,
148
,
149
,
150
–1,
177
,
192
,
228
,
249
,
260

Sargent
96

Schéhérazade
77
,
79
,
89
,
190
,
246
,
249

and Sert
67

sexuality
249
–50,
257

South American tour
191
,
194
–7

Spain
191
–4

Le Spectre de la Rose
3
,
86
–7,
88
–9,
112
,
123
,
231
,
254

on
SS Avon
154
–5,
157
–9

and Stravinsky
74
,
167

and Svetlov
66

in Switzerland
198
–204,
233

Les Sylphides
45
,
58
,
175
,
197

and Tamara
219

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
137

Till Eulenspiegel
182
,
184
–5,
187
–8

typhoid
69

in United States
183
–91

Venice
72
–3,
80

in Vienna
232
–3

watch
118

and women
29
,
32
–3,
38
,
50
,
97
–8

Nijinsky Dancing
(Kirstein)
12

Nijinsky Foundation
230
,
233

Noailles, Anna de
61

Noces, Les
182
,
216
,
220

Nouvel, Walter
41
,
54
,
55
,
120
,
176
–7,
214
,
241

ballet
44
–5

Diaghilev's death
225

London
145

Paris
50
,
66

and Vaslav
46
,
47
,
104
,
163
,
164
,
284
n

Noverre, Jean-Georges
17

Nureyev, Rudolf
19
–20,
32
,
155
f,
211
,
250
,
251

Nutcracker, The
19
,
233

O

Oblokova, Ekaterina
156
,
159

Obukhov, Mikhail
17
,
46

Oiseau de feu, L'
4
,
74
,
77
,
93
,
95
,
103
,
256

Oliveroff, André
195
–6

Orlov, Alexandre
93

Ostwald, Peter
110
f,
221
,
239
–40

P

Padany, Oskar
175
,
181
,
211
,
229
,
231

Palace Theatre, London
172
–6,
285
n

Paquin, Jeanne
122

Parade
191

Paris
52
–71,
76
–9,
85
,
86
,
117
–18

L'Après-midi d'un faune
108
–13

ballet
58
–9

Diaghilev
44
,
45
,
47

Les femmes de bonne humeur
191

gay scene
246

Jeux
122
–4

Larue's
56
,
66
,
67
,
125

La Légende de Joseph
177
–8

Les Noces
216
–17

Petrushka
89
–95

Russia
59

Le Sacre du printemps
140
–5

Le Spectre de la rose
85
–7,
88
–9

succès de scandale
143

Vaslav's funeral
234

Paris Opéra
58
,
71
,
171
,
227

Pavillon d'Armide, Le
38
–9,
47
,
57
,
59
f,
67
,
68
,
77
,
100
,
149
,
247
–8

Pavlova, Anna
19
,
31
–2,
217
f,
245
,
255