Music/Dance
NIJINSKY
(Romola, née de Pulsky, 1891-1978, Hungarian Aristocrat, Ballet Dancer and wife of Waslav Nijinsky)
Long Typed Letter Signed 'Romola' to Michael RUBINSTEIN
(1920-2001, Publisher and Solicitor who specialised in representing Authors) with autograph annotations from the recipient, thanking him for his wire... referring to the 'Feuer Interview'. I am glad the matter is settled. I informed Eric, with whom we have practically everyday a 'summit meeting '... trying to cook out future great plans... we must earn a lot of Money... Mme Lotsy. Please go after her, she is a featherbrain, very unbusinesslike... arrange as it was understood, that she should pay to Erics office promptly (the income) of my share in 'the Clown of God' after each season... Julie Scott Bayfield. Thank God it is settled for good. It was paid in February to Maitre Lachenal's Geneva office..., 2 sides A4 on Air letter paper, Bad Gastein, 7th June
Item Date: 1974
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Background
Romola was the daughter of a politician and an actress. Her father had to go into exile when she was a child, and committed suicide in Australia. As a young woman she became interested in dance and specifically Vaslav Nijinsky, the noted premier danseur of the Ballets Russes. They married in Buenos Aires in 1913 while the company was on tour. They had two daughters, before he was institutionalised for the remaining 30 years of his life for schizophrenia. She published biographies of her husband. God's Mad Clown refers to the book Nijinsky, God's mad clown by Glenn Blumstein, which explores the life of dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, or the concept of a sacred clown in various spiritual and philosophical contexts, as seen in the work of figures like Harvey Cox and religious texts, where a fool or clown represents a figure who challenges societal norms to bring people to a deeper understanding of God.
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