The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky
Vaslav Nijinsky
A prodigy from his youth in Russia, Vaslav Nijinsky came to international fame as a principal dancer in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. In December 1917, Nijinsky—by then the most famous male dancer in the Western world—moved into a Swiss villa with his wife and three-year-old daughter and began to go mad. When psychosis struck, he imagined himself as married to God. Although he lived another 30 years, he never regained his sanity. This diary, which he kept in four notebooks over six weeks, is Nijinsky's confession and his prophecy—the only sustained, on-the-spot account we have by a major artist of the experience of entering psychosis.
Author - Vaslav Nijinsky.
Narrator - John Rubinstein.
Published Date - Monday, 29 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
A prodigy from his youth in Russia, Vaslav Nijinsky came to international fame as a principal dancer in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. In December 1917, Nijinsky—by then the most famous male dancer in the Western world—moved into a Swiss villa with his wife and three-year-old daughter and began to go mad. When psychosis struck, he imagined himself as married to God. Although he lived another 30 years, he never regained his sanity. This diary, which he kept in four notebooks over six weeks, is Nijinsky's confession and his prophecy—the only sustained, on-the-spot account we have by a major artist of the experience of entering psychosis. Author - Vaslav Nijinsky. Narrator - John Rubinstein. Published Date - Monday, 29 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:47:50
Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
Duration:00:27:57
Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
Duration:00:15:51
Chapter 7
Duration:00:33:39
Chapter 8
Duration:00:26:32
Chapter 9
Duration:00:15:35
Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
Duration:00:39:26
Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
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Chapter 28
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Chapter 29
Duration:00:03:11
Chapter 30
Duration:00:23:43
Chapter 31
Duration:00:02:45