Private passions and company priority The love and work story of Sergei Diaghilev and Vaslav Nijinksy
- Publication type: Article from a collective work
- Collective work: Mentoring through the Centuries. On The Dynamics of Personal and Professional Growth
- Author: Nicholls (Mark)
- Pages: 123 to 145
- Collection: Encounters, n° 536
This essay presents a creative practice history of the relationship between the fine art curator and opera/ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his most famous dancer, Vaslav Nijinsky, in the context of mentoring partnership. Through close-readings of primary accounts, Herbert Ross’ fictional film, Nijinsky, and Emile Ardolino’s screen version of the ballet Petrushka, I look at what this mythic story tells about key relationships as commonly occur within the creative and performing arts.
- CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
- ISBN: 978-2-406-12921-9
- EAN: 9782406129219
- ISSN: 2261-1851
- DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12921-9.p.0123
- Publisher: Classiques Garnier
- Online publication: 07-13-2022
- Language: English
- Keyword: Ballets Russes, Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Petrushka, dance, film, ensemble practice, authorship, mentoring
