Romola Nijinsky

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Age: 26

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Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

Romola Nijinsky

Buenos Aires, Argentina

05.10.17

Our friends in Montevideo asked us to visit them again at the end of the Argentine season, which we did, and, at the request of the French and English Ambassadors, Vaslav gave an extra performance for the wounded soldiers of the Allies, Rubinstein accompanying him on the piano. The public went wild with enthusiasm. See more

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Romola Nijinsky

Buenos Aires, Argentina

16.09.17

I prayed for the end of the season. Vaslav was dancing Scheherazade. He had made changes in his make-up, which was now a deep hue of silvery grey. Watching him, I forgot all our troubles. See more

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Romola Nijinsky

Madrid, Spain

19.04.17

The intimate side of our relationship was still taking place perfectly happily. Sometimes I was struck by a strange feeling, probably the same feeling experienced by women in Greek mythology when the Gods descended in order to love them. There existed in me an inexpressibly happy awareness that my husband was more than an earthly being. The ecstasy that he would create in love, as well as in art, had a cleansing effect. See more

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Romola Nijinsky

Madrid, Spain

14.04.17

Sergei Pavlovich literally flew into the lobby of the hotel and passionately embraced Nijinsky: "Vatsa, dear, how are you?". The embrace turned out to be so gentle and sincere, as if there had never been an argument between them. It was the real Diaghilev of the past days. They retired to a corner and talked hours and hours, and it seemed that the old friendship had been restored. Since that day, we spent literally all the time with Diaghilev. See more

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Romola Nijinsky

Madrid, Spain

07.03.17

It seems I had forgotten one drawback to our recent trip, until I opened the closet one day and discovered it was full of mice. I burst into tears when I saw what they did to my dresses. See more

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Олбани, США

24.02.17

Итак, сезон окончился; труппа возвращалась в Европу. Нужно думать о будущем. МужТанцовщик сказал, что телеграфировал Дягилеву: «В принципе я согласен обсудить проект поездки в Испанию». В нем вновь вспыхнула надежда, что, в конце концов, между ним и Сергеем Павловичем возникнет понимание. Несомненно, он тосковал по старой дружбе и Дягилеву прошлых лет. See more

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Age: 26