Sarah Crompton

The lonely genius of Bronislava Nijinska

The pioneering dancer and choreographer was undermined all her life – most cruelly by her brother Nijinski, according to Lynn Garafola

Nijinska with her brother in L’après-midi d’un faune, 1912. [Photo by Baron de Meyer/Eakins Press Foundation]

  • La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern

    Lynn Garafola

    OUP USA, pp. 512, £30

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