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Author Curlee, Lynn, 1947- author.

Title The great Nijinsky : god of dance / Lynn Curlee.

Publication Info. Watertown, Massachusetts : Charlesbridge, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Teen  TEEN 92 NIJINSKY    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Teen  TEEN BIOG. NIJINSKY, V.    Storage
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult  YA B NIJINSKY C    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Teen  TEEN 792.8092 CURLEE    Check Shelf
Description 112 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Audience Ages: 12+
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 107) and index.
Summary Dance prodigy, sex symbol, gay pioneer, cultural icon--Vaslav Nijinsky rose to fame as the star of the Ballets Russes in Paris before mental illness stole his career and the last thirty years of his life. A tragic story of a great genius, this compelling work of narrative nonfiction chronicles a life of obsessive artistry, celebrity, and notoriety.
Contents Prologue: Wonder of wonders -- Born to dance -- World of art -- The Ballets Russes -- Celebrity and adulation -- Petrushka -- The Afternoon of a Faun -- Games and rituals -- Romola -- The war years -- The last dance -- Leap into madness -- Epilogue: Legacy and legend.
Subject Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950 -- Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancers -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Choreographers -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancers -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Choreographers -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
Ballet in art.
Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950. (OCoLC)fst01898803
Ballet dancers. (OCoLC)fst00826041
Choreographers. (OCoLC)fst00858596
Russia (Federation) (OCoLC)fst01262050
Genre/Form Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Other Form: Online version: Curlee, Lynn. Great Nijinsky. Watertown, Massachusetts : Charlesbridge, [2019] 9781632896391 (DLC) 2018024428
ISBN 9781580898003 (reinforced for library use)
1580898009 (reinforced for library use)
9781632896391 (ebook)
9781632896407 (ebook pdf)
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