Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky

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...

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 .

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...