bibliography
films
Nijinsky (A True Story) (1980), dir. Herbert Ross
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2001), dir. Paul Cox
Masterworks: The Rite of Spring (2002), Michael Berkeley (x)
Riot at the Rite (2005), dir. Andy Wilson (x) (x)
The Faun (2015), dir. Augusto Zanovello
performances
just gonna link this amazing playlist in its entirety
Nijinsky, Clown of God (1972), Maurice Béjart (X)
Stravinsky et les Ballets Russes (2009), dir. Denis Caïozzi
Les 100 ans du Sacre du Printemps par le Théâtre Mariinsky (2013), recording by ARTE France (x) (x)
Fire and Air/Immortal Longings (2018/2019), Terrence McNally
books (i'm listing the diary several times to make the timeline clearer in terms of which writer had access to what)
The Art of Nijinsky (1913), Geoffrey Whitworth
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (1919), Vaslav Nijinsky
Theatre Street: The Reminiscences of Tamara Karsavina (1930), Tamara Karsavina
Nijinsky (1934), Romola de Pulszky (Lincoln Kirstein) (x)
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (expurgated) (1936), Vaslav Nijinsky (Romola de Pulszky)
The Tragedy of Nijinsky (1936), Anatole Bourman
Nijinsky; An Illustrated Monograph (1946), Paul Magriel
The Last Years of Nijinsky (1952), Romola de Pulszky (x)
The Outsider (1956), Colin Wilson
Dancing For Diaghilev : The Memoirs Of Lydia Sokolova (1960), Lydia Sokolova
Fokine: Memoirs of a Ballet Master (1961), Michel Fokine
Nijinsky (A Life of Genius and Madness) (1971), Richard Buckle (x)
Quicksilver: The Autobiography Of Marie Rambert (1972), Marie Rambert (x)
Nijinsky (1974), Vera Krasovskaya
Nijinsky Dancing (1975), Lincoln Kirstein
Serge Diaghilev: his life, his work, his legend (1976), Serge Lifar
Diaghilev (1979), Richard Buckle
Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirs (1981), Bronislava Nijinska
Stravinsky and the “Rite of Spring”: The Beginnings of a Musical Language (1987), Pieter C. Van Der Toorn
Nijinsky, God's mad clown (1988), Glenn Blumstein
Nijinsky: God of the Dance (1988), Derek Parker
Nijinsky and Romola (1991), Tamara Nijinsky
Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness (1991), Peter Ostwald
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (unexpurgated) (1995), Vaslav Nijinsky
The Queer Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky (1997), Kevin Kopelson
Nijinsky: Death of a Faun (1998), David Pownall
Gdy w mięśniach rodzi się obłęd (1998), Tadeusz Nasierowski
Nijinsky: A Life (2013), Lucy Moore
Dancing Genius: The Stardom of Vaslav Nijinsky (2014), Hanna Järvinen (x)
Sobątańczenie: między choreografią a narracją (2017), Alicja Müller.
The chosen maiden (2017), Ewa stachniak
The Great Nijinsky: God of Dance (2019), Lynn Curlee
The Rite of Spring (2019), Gillian Moore (x)
La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern (2022), Lynn Garafola (x)
Nijinski, l'ange brûlé (2022), Dominique Osuch
misc
How I conceive my roles (1916), interview with Isabel Goodwin (x)
Nijinsky, clown de dieu (1971), M. Béjart
The War of Vaslav Nijinsky (1981), Frank Bidart
Nijinsky Speaks (1996), Leonard Crofoot (x)(x)(x)(x)
Nijinsky's Last Dance (1998), Norman Allen (x)
Satyriasis: The Pornographic Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky (2008), Katie R. Horowitz (x)
Revisiting the Rite: The Rite of Spring Centenary Conference (2013) (x)
Niżyński. Zapiski z otchłani (2014), Józef opalski
Niżyński. Święto snów (2015), Tomasz wygoda
Letter to a Man (2016), Robert Wilson
