Contents

Author’s note

Prologue

CHAPTER 1 Yaponchik 1889–1905

CHAPTER 2 The Favourite Slave 1906–1909

CHAPTER 3 Dieu de la Danse 1909–1910

CHAPTER 4 Petrushka 1910–1911

CHAPTER 5 Faune and Jeux 1911–1913

CHAPTER 6 Le Sacre du printemps 1910–1913

CHAPTER 7 Roses 1913–1914

CHAPTER 8 Mephisto Valse 1914–1918

CHAPTER 9 Spectre 1918–1950

DIVERTISSEMENT A libretto for a ballet based on Nijinsky’s life

CHAPTER 10 The Chosen One

Notes and references

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Index