Nijinsky
1890-1950 60 years
1890-1950 60 years
aka: Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky
Russian ballet dancer
born Kiev, Ukraine
considered himself Polish, but was a Russian citizen
married a woman, though possibly homosexual
career ended at 29 years old, "nervous breakdown",
spent the rest of his life in mental asylums, hospitals...
died London, buried Paris.
Russian ballet dancer
born Kiev, Ukraine
considered himself Polish, but was a Russian citizen
married a woman, though possibly homosexual
career ended at 29 years old, "nervous breakdown",
spent the rest of his life in mental asylums, hospitals...
died London, buried Paris.
| Nijinsky was a Russian dancer. When Nijinsky danced everyone felt that they were seeing an illusion…and that was partially the case. Although there were many great dancers of the same caliber, it is said there has never been and perhaps never will be a dancer like Nijinsky. The strange thing was that when he was dancing and he made a leap, it took him an unusually long time to come down. No other dancer took as long; it was as if gravitation had less effect on him. When he made a leap, it looked as if he was just floating in the air and taking his own time to come back down. Others who had leaped with him had already touched the floor again, long before he did... --Osho The Way Beyond Any Way, ch. 7 |
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