HAMBURG,GERMANY – The Russian dancer Vaslaw Nijinsky
(1889-1950) and the ballet company Les Ballets Russes had their European
premiere in Paris. Nijinsky immediately became an unrivalled star
on the stages of Europe, and ranks as the most important dancer of the
twentieth century until today. Apart from his exceptional career
as a dancer and choreographer, Nijinsky also created large numbers of
coloured paintings and gouaches in 1918 and 1919. These works are
here for the first time presented comprehensively. With finely-drawn
coloured circles and ellipses and strongly-coloured plane surfaces,
Nijinsky produced series of images where space and line are interwoven and
rhythm and colour are transformed into a painted choreography of intense
emotions. On view through August 16th,
2009.