Nijinsky in Vancouver, Monday 15 January 1917 Legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky directed and performed in this Ballet Russe production at the Vancouver Opera House (The second one; located at Gore & Hastings, it was later called the Empress Theatre). Nijinsky danced La Princess Enchantée with Lydia Lopokova.  Referencing Nijinsky’s 1912 L’après-midi d’un faune, the Sun’s reviewer wrote: “We do not see Nijinsky in the classical Faun pose, but as a superb master of the more conventional art of the ballet, transfiguring it into something vast and Russian and individual.” Source: City of Vancouver Archives #PAM 1917-3, via Theatrical Dance in Vancouver: 1880’s - 1920’s
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Nijinsky in Vancouver, Monday 15 January 1917

Legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky directed and performed in this Ballet Russe production at the Vancouver Opera House (The second one; located at Gore & Hastings, it was later called the Empress Theatre).

Nijinsky danced La Princess Enchantée with Lydia Lopokova.  Referencing Nijinsky’s 1912 L’après-midi d’un faune, the Sun’s reviewer wrote: “We do not see Nijinsky in the classical Faun pose, but as a superb master of the more conventional art of the ballet, transfiguring it into something vast and Russian and individual.”

Source: City of Vancouver Archives #PAM 1917-3, via Theatrical Dance in Vancouver: 1880’s - 1920’s

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