Curtain call in John Neumeier's 'Nijinsky' with Svetlana Lunkina, Evan McKie and Guillaume Cote 11
The National Ballet of Canada presented John Neumeier's 'Nijinsky' at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.John Neumeier’s moving, unflinching ballet is less a biographical study or narrative account of Nijinsky’s life than a portrait of the artist’s inner journey. Nijinsky is a work of great theatricality and a glimpse into the soul of an artist of unique and astonishing vision, whose life and works helped changed the face of modernity. One of the most legendary and transformative figures in the history of ballet, Vaslav Nijinsky transfixed audiences even as his own life descended into instability and finally madness.
The National Ballet of Canada presented John Neumeier's 'Nijinsky' at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.John Neumeier’s moving, unflinching ballet is less a biographical study or narrative account of Nijinsky’s life than a portrait of the artist’s inner journey. Nijinsky is a work of great theatricality and a glimpse into the soul of an artist of unique and astonishing vision, whose life and works helped changed the face of modernity. One of the most legendary and transformative figures in the history of ballet, Vaslav Nijinsky transfixed audiences even as his own life descended into instability and finally madness.