Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating A New Artistic Era was curated
by Madeleine Nichols, with the staff of the Jerome Robbins Dance
Division. The exhibit was developed by The New York Public Library
for the Performing Arts: Jacqueline Z. Davis, The Barbara G. and
Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director; Barbara Cohen-Stratyner,
Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Curator of Exhibitions.
Alloy created the Nijinsky Concept and Exhibition
Design. Alloy members include Richard Dempsey, Mary Dinaburg,
Gary Tooth, Terry Wendell, and Randall Yaw. The web site at www.nypl.org/nijinsky
was developed by the Research Libraries Web Development Team:
Jonathan Blanc, Chris Mulholland, Michelle Misner and April Leung.
Logo Image:
Eugene Druet. Photograph of Nijinsky in the Danse Siamoise
from Les Orientales, Paris, 1911. Roger Pryor Dodge Collection,
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts
The majority of the artifacts are from the Jerome
Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts. For the loan of supplementary artifacts, we thank
Sallie Blumenthal, Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions
(Los Angeles) and the Nijinsky Archives, The Joffrey Ballet of
Chicago, Vaslav & Romola Nijinsky Foundation, Inc., Tamara
Nijinsky, Kinga Nijinsky Gaspers, the St. Petersburg State Museum
of Theatre and Music, Saks Fifth Avenue, The State Academic Mariinsky
Theatre (St. Petersburg), and Douglas Blair Turnbaugh.
The curator would like to acknowledge gratefully
the assistance and support of the following: Joan Acocella, S
Again, the late Nancy Van Norman Baer, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.,
Yvonne and Jacob Burckhardt, CEC International Partners, Committee
for the Dance Division, The Fokine Estate Archive, Lynn Garafola,
Charlene Gehm, Daniel Gesmer, Thomas Grimm, Denise Jackson, The
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Martine Kahane, Erik Näslund,
John Neumeier, Barbara Niemczyk, Vaslav & Romola Nijinsky
Foundation, Inc., Tamara Nijinsky, Kinga Nijinsky Gaspers, Rudolf
Nureyev Foundation, Beatriz Rodriguez, Luis Miguel Rodriguez-Villa,
Thirteen WNET New York, and The Trust for Mutual Understanding.
We also thank the following members of the staff of The New York
Public Library for their assistance: Jacqueline Bausch, Esq.,
Susan Chute, Rima Corben, William Eddy, Edward Kasinec, Tom Lisanti,
Robert McGlynn, Jean Mihich, Monica Moseley, Grace Owen, Réne
Ronda, Herbert Ruiz, Saskia Scheffer, Else Peck, Donald Vlack,
as well as the entire staff of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
