Jullian, Philippe, John Nova Phillips, Violet Trefusis, and Vita Sackville-West. Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters. Hamish Hamilton, 1976.
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Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky
Standard Name: Nijinsky, Vaslav Fomich
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Violet Trefusis | Violet Keppel (later VT
) became acquainted, initially through her mother
's connections, with Diaghilev
, Nijinsky
, and Russian prima ballerina Tamara Karsavina
, as well as authors George Moore
and Hugh Walpole
. |
| Occupation | Una Troubridge | By the age of sixteen, UT
had begun receiving commissions for her sculptures and had rented a studio of her own in which to exhibit her works. The money she earned from these commissions gave... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Frances Cornford | Many of the poems in Mountains and Molehills evince a melancholic nostalgia, offering speakers who try to capture fleeting moments of loss, of wonder, and of memory. In Grand Ballet, the poem's speaker describes... |
Timeline
4 June 1910
Schéhérazade (with music by Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov
) was first performed in Paris by Diaghilev
's Ballets Russes or Russian Ballet
.
29 May 1913
The London premiere of Igor Stravinsky
's ballet The Rite of Spring, starring Nijinsky
, caused an uproar.
Borne Back Daily.
29 May 2013