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Word: nijinskaya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1934-1934
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...villagers to seek God. His last dance was for a society function. He made a cross on the floor, danced with such fury that the audience sat frozen with fright. Diaghilev visited him once after that, wept and said: "It is my fault, what shall I do?" Madame Nijinskaya ends her book with the prayer she said when she first saw Nijinsky dance. There follows a list of people who have stood by him through his illness. There are only five names: the late Paul Dupuy, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Sr., Harpist Carlos Salzedo, Robert Alfred Shaw and Tamara Karsavina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Story of a Dancer | 3/19/1934 | See Source »

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