The Irish Mail on Sunday

Nijinsky

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LucyMoore Just before World War I, the Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev brought his dance company to Paris and transforme­d the art of ballet. The star was Vaslav Nijinsky, whose grace and astonishin­g physicalit­y led to him being dubbed ‘the God of the Dance’. This superb biography conveys both his brilliance and the tragedy of his fall from grace.

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