Nijinsky

Back in print for the first time in 40 years, Richard Buckle's soaring biography of dancer, innovator, and artistic rebel Vaslav Nijinsky spotlights the genius of Russian ballet in both his revolutionary performances and stormy offstage life.

May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

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