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A conversation about the Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

Title
A conversation about the Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky [videorecording] / with Joan Acocella ; [moderated by] Robert Greskovic ; presented by Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Publication
c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946-
  • Schmidt, Jan, 1948-
  • Ferriero, David S., 1945-
  • Acocella, Joan Ross
  • Greskovic, Robert.
  • Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950
  • Bernadi, François
  • Ballets russes.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Division.
  • Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Joan Acocella (dance critic and editor of The diary of Vaslav Nijinsky: Unexpurgated edition) discusses Vaslav Nijinsky's childhood, dance career, his relationship with Serge Diaghilev, and dancing with the Ballets Russes. The circumstances leading up to his mental breakdown including his marriage to Romola and being fired from the Ballets Russes by Serge Diaghilev. Acocella discusses the six and one-half weeks Nijinsky took writing these diaries and gives a brief overview of their contents. The history and ownership of the Nijinsky diaries which were first sold by Sotheby's in 1979 after Romola Nijinsky's death in 1978. Three journals are owned by The Jerome Robbins Dance Division and the four journal containing letters written by Nijinsky to various people, was given to the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interview.
Note
  • Projected photographs from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Roger Pryor Dodge Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • This conversation was given in conjuction with the opening of the Diaghilev's Theater of Marvels: The Ballets Russes and its aftermath, curated by Lynn Garafola.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, François Bernadi.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on June 24, 2009.
Funding (note)
  • This recording was made possible by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from DVCam cassette.
Contents
Introduction (10 min.) / by Jacqueline Z. Davis, David D. Ferriero, and Jan Schmidt -- Conversation (ca. 47 min.) / interviewee, Joan Acocella ; moderator, Robert Greskovic.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5964
OCLC
696008913
Title
A conversation about the Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky [videorecording] / with Joan Acocella ; [moderated by] Robert Greskovic ; presented by Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Imprint
c2009.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD, transferred from DVCam cassette.
Credits
Videographer, François Bernadi.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on June 24, 2009.
Funding
This recording was made possible by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Added Author
Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946- speaker.
Schmidt, Jan, 1948- speaker.
Ferriero, David S., 1945- speaker.
Acocella, Joan Ross, interviewee.
Greskovic, Robert. Moderator
Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950, dancer.
Bernadi, François, videographer.
Ballets russes.
New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5964
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