Back home at rainy Woodbine, Canadian Horse of the Year Up With the Birds found his missing explosive kick to win the $220,229 Nijinsky Stakes (gr. IIT) going away July 19 on the turf. After two ...

The set-up: Vaslav Nijinsky was a complicated character. Renowned as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time, he changed the face of the art through his distinctively angular, sexually-charged ...

If ever an actor deserved an A for effort, it's Jeremy Davidson in the Berkshire Theater Festival's technically brilliant production of Norman Allen's one-man play/monologue "Nijinsky's Last Dance," ...

"OUR VASLAV, he felt too much." That's what great ballerina Tamara Karsavina once said about Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the 20th century's legendary ballet dancers. Signature Theatre former playwright-in ...

Numerous attributes are credited to the legendary Nijinsky, the most acclaimed dancer of the 20th century. In his short career, he not only achieved fame as a dancer, he created four ballets: "L'Après ...

"Conversations" is the centerpiece of Winger's debut album as a classical composer, as he worked closely with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and conductor Martin West in bringing his musical ...

Vaslav Nijinsky is reputed to have been the most stupendous dancer after Terpsichore, the Greek goddess of dance. We have no moving pictures of this real-life Russian god’s performances, just ...

On closing night in Melbourne's State Theatre, there is a euphoric energy as members of Orchestra Victoria warm up in the orchestra pit. The audience is here to witness the Australian Ballet's ...

An exhibition at the Morgan, drawn from its collection of musical manuscripts, sheds light on one of the most collaborative periods in dance. By Alice Courtright Lynn Garafola’s “La Nijinska” tells ...

MONTE CARLO — The fourth biennial Nijinsky Awards, considered the Oscars of the dance world, were presented Thursday on a stage where, nearly a century ago, legendary dancer and choreographer Vaslav ...

His story is one of the most famous of the 20th century. As a dancer, he was a beacon of modernism, an icon of androgynous sensuality, and a performer with spectacular athletic prowess. As a ...