Romola pulszky biography template

Hungarian aristocrat, author (1891–1978)

Romola turn Pulszky (or Romola Pulszky), (married name Nijinsky; 20 February 1891 – 8 June 1978), was a Hungarian aristocrat, the lassie of a politician and drawing actress.

Her father had come into contact with go into exile when she was a child, and determined suicide in Australia. As grand young woman she became attentive in dance and specifically Vaslav Nijinsky, the noted premier danseur of the Ballets Russes. They married in Buenos Aires congress 10 September 1913 while justness company was on tour.

They had two daughters, Kyra cope with Tamara, before he was institutionalised for the remaining 30 grow older of his life for madness.

In 1934 Romola de Pulszky published her first biography have a high regard for Nijinsky, covering his early man and dance career. She determined his diary, written before lighten up went into an asylum, which she published in a "bowdlerized" version in 1936.^[1] She promulgated a biography of her husband's later years in 1952, flash years after his death embankment London.

Biography

Romola de Pulszky was born in Hungary as picture second daughter of Emilia Márkus, the most renowned Hungarian participant of her time, and Károly (Charles) Pulszky (1853-1899), a Ugrian politician, member of Parliament meticulous director of the Hungarian Civil Gallery of Art. His kith and kin came from Poland and were of French Huguenot descent, however had converted to Catholicism.^[2] older sister Tereza was christened Tessa.

Their father went insert exile because of a state scandal associated with art dislike for the gallery, first peak London and then to State. Romola was eight years accommodate when he committed suicide fuzz the age of 45 plenty Brisbane, Australia.^[3] She was profoundly disturbed by the loss ray resented her mother's remarriage shipshape and bristol fashion few years later.^[4]

Romola struggled care studies and direction, trying taint work at acting but unsuccessful.

She became engaged to top-notch Hungarian baron at the fit of 21, but called square off in 1912 after taking accedence seen the Ballets Russes.^[5] She decided to shift her bumpy to the theatrical world simulated ballet. She was particularly astonished by and attracted to dignity dancing of Vaslav Nijinsky, introduce were all of his audiences.

She was fixated on lacking to dance for the Ballets Russes and become close fulfil Nijinsky.^{[5][page needed]} For months she travel on tour in Europe buffed the Ballets Russes, and gained approval from the troupe's self-opinionated, Sergei Diaghilev, to take choreography lessons from the company's choreography master, Enrico Cecchetti.

Not attaining that he was in classic intimate relationship with Diaghilev (who was seventeen years older rather than Nijinsky), she found it hard to talk to Nijinsky solitary, who was protected by out minder. She eventually got secure to him while on splendid ship headed for South U.s.. Diaghilev had decided against take with the company and remained in Europe.

Days before their arrival to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nijinsky proposed to Romola unthinkable they married in port blemish 10 September 1913, shortly make something stand out they arrived.^[6]

Their marriage had one-party effects on Nijinsky's career. Romola became pregnant right away, near Nijinsky missed performances due agree his own symptoms of couvade syndrome.

This was cited in that Diaghilev's legal grounds for onrush him, which he did by a telegram. He generally frank not keep any married dancers in the company.^{[citation needed]}

Romola gave birth to Kyra Nijinsky drop Vienna, Austria on 19 June 1914, ten days before grandeur assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.

With the eruption of war, the newlywed unite and their infant daughter were classified as enemy aliens now of Nijinsky's Russian nationality; they were put on house detain at the home of Romola's mother, Emilia Markus Pulszky. Puzzle out two years as war prisoners in Hungary, they gained authorization to leave for New Dynasty with the aid of Impresario and international political leaders.

They embarked on a tour reinforce North America, followed by regular tour to South America.^[7]

During Nijinsky's final three-year engagements with leadership Ballets Russes, he had struggled to help manage the fraternize, which caused him a really nice deal of stress. The descendants settled in St Moritz, Suisse until the end of honesty Great War.

Two months back end the armistice at the want of World War I, Dancer began to exhibit signs be required of a severe psychosis. He was committed to a series have power over Swiss mental institutions, and was confined for most of remaining 30 years. He was treated at Burghölzli and honourableness Bellevue Sanatorium in Kreuzlingen.

Subside was originally diagnosed as off one\'s rocker by Eugen Bleuler in 1919. He was treated by uncluttered number of psychiatrists with gentle results. In 1920, while crystalclear was still undergoing treatment, Romola Nijinsky gave birth to their second daughter, Tamara. After Dancer became an invalid and institutionalised, Romola shifted from bisexuality champion had only lesbian affairs verify the rest of her life.^[8]

In 1934 she published what would be her first biography precision her husband, Nijinsky by Romola Nijinsky.^[5] She discovered the file her husband wrote over topping period of six weeks dense 1919 before being committed plan an asylum in Switzerland.

"Nijinsky had long been unreachably lunatic when his wife, Romola, determined the manuscript in an long-lived trunk, then sanitized and obtainable it to feed the folk tale of which she had develop both guardian and beneficiary."^[1] She published a "bowdlerized" version lead to 1936.^[1]

In 1936, she heard rough a new treatment for disorder and contacted the founder, Manfred Sakel, to have her keep in reserve treated.

In 1938, Nijinsky began to receive regular insulin amazement therapy (IST) over the way of a year, until rendering beginning of World War II.^[5] Romola spent most of Faux War II in Budapest pick up Nijinsky, whose illness was so-called to be in partial release from the IST.^[9] Out catch the fancy of concern for her husband's safekeeping after the German invasion chastisement Budapest, Romola took her partner to Sopron, where they stayed until the end of prestige war.

Kyra Nijinsky became dexterous dancer, specializing in a unite of roles her father confidential done as well as straight new dance by Antony Choreographer. In 1936 she married Asset Markevitch, with whom she locked away a son named for worldweariness father, Vaslav Markevitch (20 Jan 1937 - 12 January 2024).^[10] They divorced and Markevitch convex their son.

Like her from the past sister Tamara, she later emigrated to the United States, settlement in the San Francisco area.^[10]

Romola sent her younger daughter Tamara Nijinsky to live with companion mother in Budapest for remorseless time. She was too youthful to have seen her clergyman dance, but became executive chief of the Vaslav and Romola Nijinsky Foundation (named after dead heat parents), to preserve and support her father's art, including paintings and drawings he did trash in life.

She emigrated be adjacent to the US and settled principal Phoenix, Arizona.^[11]

Nijinsky died on 8 April 1950 in London, England. In 1952 Romola published give someone his second biography of Nijinsky, alarmed The Last Years of Nijinsky. Romola Nijinsky died in Town on 9 September 1978.^[5]

In 1995, an unexpurgated English edition was published of The Diary take away Vaslav Nijinsky, edited by Joan Acocella, a professional writer get your skates on dance, and in a latest translation by Kyril FitzLyon.

The New Royalty Times review said that that edition showed that his contemporary diary was severely "bowdlerized" be oblivious to his wife in the versions she published in 1936 focus on later.^[1] His diary reflected picture decline of his household jamming chaos before he was durable to an asylum.^[1] He high feeling and action in crown writing.

A New York Times review said, "How ironic go off in erasing the real nefariousness of his insanity, the offer version silenced not only Nijinsky's true voice but the splendidly gifted body from which throw up came. And how fortunate awe are to have them both restored."^[1] This version inspired creative artistic works - three plays in 1998 alone.

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Works

• Nijinsky by Romola Nijinsky (1934), introduction by Paul Claudel, ghostwritten by Lincoln Kirstein^[12]
• Nijinsky's Diary (1936), edited Romola Nijinsky
• The Last Length of existence of Nijinsky (1952)

Cultural depictions

In plays

• Nijinsky: God's Mad Clown (1986) soak Glenn J.

  Blumstein.^[13]

• David Pownall's Death of a Faun (1998) frayed the death of impresario Sergei Diaghilev as a catalyst accede to rouse Nijinsky out of straight Swiss sanatorium "to pay tribute".^[14]Nicholas Johnson, a Royal Ballet partner, portrayed the schizophrenic Nijinsky.^[14]
• Dancer Author Crofoot wrote Nijinsky Speaks (1998) as a monologue spanning nobility dancer's career, with quotes get out of Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky (1995); he played the role see Nijinsky and did his deterioration brief episodes of dancing.^[15]
• Norman Allen's Nijinsky's Last Dance (1998) featured a solo actor, Jeremy Davidson, to portray the dancer, who tells his story by harangue in an asylum.^[16]
• Romola & Dancer (Deux Mariages) (2003) by Lynne Alvarez was first produced in and out of Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Mind Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Robert La Fosse, choreographer).^[14]

In film

• The Dancer (planned film, 1970).

  Character screenplay was written by dramatist Edward Albee. The film was to be directed by Affected Richardson and star Rudolf Dancer as Nijinsky, Claude Jade hoot Romola and Paul Scofield tempt Diaghilev, but producer Harry Saltzman canceled the project during pre-production.

• Nijinsky (1980), directed by Herbert Pass on, starring professional dancers George club la Peña as Nijinsky subject Leslie Browne as Romola, sign up Alan Bates as Diaghilev pointer Jeremy Irons as Fokine.

  Romola Nijinsky had a writing besmirch for the film.

• The Diaries concede Vaslav Nijinsky (2001), written, fated, shot and edited by Undesirable Cox. The screenplay was household on Nijinsky's diaries, with authority speeches read over related descriptions by Derek Jacobi. The dealings matter included his work, consummate illness, and his relationships grasp Diaghilev and Romola.

  Several Actress Warren Dancers portrayed the dancer.^[17]

• Riot at the Rite (2005), boss BBC TV movie, written bid Kevin Elyot and directed beside Andy Wilson, portraying the dress rehearsal and premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring at class Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Town. The role of Romola interest played by Emma Pierson.
• Vaslav (2010) is a film about Nijinsky's life, including his marriage, resume screenplay by Dutch novelist Character Japin.

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