Vaslav Nijinsky: References & Edit History
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The standard biographies, both by his wife, Romola Nijinsky, are Nijinsky (1933), and The Last Years of Nijinsky (1952), both reprinted in 1980. Bronisława Nijinska, Early Memoirs (Eng. trans. 1981), the first volume of his sister’s life, is an invaluable source containing previously unpublished material about Nijinsky’s childhood. Other important studies are Geoffrey Withworth, Nijinsky (1911); Cyril W. Beaumont, Nijinsky (1932); Colin Wilson, The Outsider (1956); and Lincoln Kirstein, Nijinsky Dancing (1975). Nijinsky’s diary was published as The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky (1936). Nijinsky As We Knew Him (1972), is a collection of reminiscences of the dancer by such prominent writers, artists, musicians, and dancers as Paul Claudel, Jean Cocteau, Auguste Rodin, Marcel Proust, Sergei Prokofiev, and Tamara Karsavina. Useful summaries of the ambiguities around Nijinsky’s date of birth are provided in Hanna Järvinen, Dancing Genius: The Stardom of Vaslav Nijinsky (2014); and Peter F. Ostwald, Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness (1991).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 04, 2026 | ||
| Article revised to make clear that Nijinsky's date of birth is unknown. | May 03, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bolshoi - Biography of Vaslav Nijinsky. | May 03, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum - Biography of Vaslav Nijinsky. | Apr 20, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Ballet Theatre - Biography of Vaslav Nijinsky. | Apr 20, 2015 | ||
| In title variant, changed Vaslav to Vatslav. | Jul 09, 2009 | ||
| Changed Diaghilev's first name from Sergey to Serge. | May 01, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 05, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Peopleplay UK - Biography of Vaslav Nijinsky. | Jan 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Charlotte Country Day School - Biography of Vaslav Nijinsky. | Jan 09, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |