This biography presents a detailed portrait of the legendary ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the most influential and gifted figures in early 20th-century dance. Richard Buckle traces Nijinsky’s rise to fame through his extraordinary technical brilliance and expressive power, as well as his pivotal role in Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, which revolutionized modern ballet. The book also explores Nijinsky’s complex personal life, his intense relationship with Diaghilev, and the gradual decline of his mental health, which eventually led to his withdrawal from the stage and public life. It offers both an artistic and psychological study of a performer whose genius was matched by profound personal tragedy.