Peter Ostwald's Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness is, despite the title, a thorough and unsensational look at the dancer. His dance commentary is not quite as good as his biographical or psychological commentary, but if you're interested it's probably worth it.
There's also Dance, Sex, and Gender by Judith Lynne Hanna, an academic work - but it's about 20 years old so a lot of the thinking and terminology has developed. (I found it interesting but disappointing.)
And this isn't a book, but the documentary Ballets Russes from Zeitgeist is interesting and entertaining. There are a whole bunch of first person interviews in it.
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Date: 2011-07-29 02:33 am (UTC)There's also Dance, Sex, and Gender by Judith Lynne Hanna, an academic work - but it's about 20 years old so a lot of the thinking and terminology has developed. (I found it interesting but disappointing.)
And this isn't a book, but the documentary Ballets Russes from Zeitgeist is interesting and entertaining. There are a whole bunch of first person interviews in it.