Mariinsky “Giselle”: Nijinsky

And then there is Vaslav Nijinsky. Alas, the importance of his portrayal of Albrecht had been sadly obscured by the scandal concerning Nijinsky’s costume, scandal which led to his dismissal from the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in 1911. And yet through the volumes of literature presenting you with sordid details of the incident, an inquisitive reader can still discern what is really important and that is the grandeur of his portrayal: in the beginning Nijinsky’s Albrecht comes out as a darling of fortune with an attitude of entitlement of one born with a silver spoon in his mouth. But a chance encounter with true beauty changes his life forever. He cannot, would not let it go and follows Giselle, who embodies it, to the other side.

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