| | Hamburg Ballet - Nijinsky - Gia Kourlas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | This version of Nijinsky’s life falls into the category of trying to make insanity hot (as opposed to truly sad, which it was), or unintentionally funny, which is more often the unfortunate case. |
 | | Eventually, the crowd parts and we are forced to endure an overly long and obligatory seduction scene between Nijinsky and Diaghilev (there is an encore of this a bit later with Romola). |
 | | As Nijinsky, Bubenícek is both a cartoon character whose insanity is indicated in clichéd images—he rubs his chest in agony, he droops to the floor after a failed pirouette and he greets images of his past roles, all portrayed by other dancers, with the delight of a retarded child. |
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