#nijinsky

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Seina Sagiri and Tooma Ozuki in "Nijinsky -The miraculous god of dance-" (2011)

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Happy birthday Nijinsky!

Today, March 12th, is the birthday of queer Polish-Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky! 

Nijinsky was considered both the best and most controversial ballet dancer of the early 20th century. He shocked audiences with his skin-tight costumes, and the scandalous and often sexual themes of his choreography; his ballet The Rite of Spring incited a riot on its opening night.

Check out our podcast if you want to learn more!

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Jake Mangakahia | The Australian Ballet | Photo by Kate Longley

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Vaslav Nijinsky

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Troubridge, Una Vincenzo, Lady, 1887-1963. Waslaw Nijinsky as Faun in Afternoon of a Faun, 1913.

MS Thr 414.1, (80)

Houghton Library, Harvard University

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Le Spectre de la rose, Vaslav Nijinsky

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Just saw Nijinsky… i am in yehwfshrjwfqeqesghdjfje

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Mick Jagger with the face of the late sixties — a combination of archangel and satyr, Piero della Francesca martyr or Nijinsky’s Faun.

Cecil Beaton, The Best of Beaton.

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i'm gonna fucking cry about these photos of vaslav nijinsky in "le spectre de la rose" from 1911

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Edmond Simpson "Djinn On The Loose" (12-16)

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Ballets Russes meme dump part 3

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I don't know what I just found but I LOVE IT

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Dominique Brun d'après Nijinsky, Sacre #2

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George Barbier (French, 1882–1932)

Nijinsky

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