This performer's fame increased when he played the Wind God Vayou in Le Talisman, though he courted controversy with his choreography of Stéphane Mallarmé and Claude Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun.
This performer's fame increased when he played the Wind God Vayou in Le Talisman, though he courted controversy with his choreography of Stéphane Mallarmé and Claude Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun. Many of his performances were with Tamara Karsavina or Anna Pavlova, and he usually worked for Sergei Diaghilev. He portrayed the puppet Petrushka, and his choreography led to a 1913 riot at the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Name this performer for the Ballets Russes who was of Polish descent.
This performer's fame increased when he played the Wind God Vayou in Le Talisman, though he courted controversy with his choreography of Stéphane Mallarmé and Claude Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun.
Vaslav Nijinsky