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Vaslav Nijinsky, a ballet dancer, in a scene from Gìsèle'. Reproduction of a photograph by Roosen, 1934.

Mr. Lambkin (right) being introduced to a ballet dancer. Lithograph after G. Cruikshank.

The diary of Vaslav Nijinsky / edited by Joan Acocella ; translated from the Russian by Kyril FitzLyon.

Diseases and injuries of ballet dancers / Eivind Thomasen.

The diary of Vaslav Nijinsky / edited by Joan Acocella ; translated from the Russian by Kyril Fitzlyon.

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The diary of Vaslav Nijinsky / edited by Joan Acocella ; translated from the Russian by Kyril FitzLyon.

Diseases and injuries of ballet dancers / Eivind Thomasen.

Vaslav Nijinsky, a ballet dancer, in a scene from Gìsèle'. Reproduction of a photograph by Roosen, 1934.

Mr. Lambkin (right) being introduced to a ballet dancer. Lithograph after G. Cruikshank.

The diary of Vaslav Nijinsky / edited by Joan Acocella ; translated from the Russian by Kyril Fitzlyon.