Editing Vaslav Nijinsky (section)

===Ballets Russes===
[[File:Nijinsky in Scheherazade2.jpg|thumb|left|Vaslav Nijinsky in ''[[Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)|Scheherazade]]'']]

A turning point for Nijinsky was his meeting the Russian [[Sergei Diaghilev]], a celebrated and highly innovative producer of ballet and opera, as well as art exhibitions. He concentrated on promoting Russian visual and musical art abroad,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.groningermuseum.nl/index.php?id=1260|title=Groningermuseum.nl |publisher=Groningermuseum.nl|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> particularly in Paris. The 1908 season of colorful Russian ballets and operas, works mostly new to the West, was a great success, leading him to plan a new tour for 1909 with a new name for his company, the now famous [[Ballets Russes]]. He worked closely with choreographer [[Michel Fokine]] and artist [[Léon Bakst]], and later with other contemporary artists and composers. Nijinsky and Diaghilev became lovers for a time,<ref>[http://forum.llc.ed.ac.uk/issue4/schwartz.html Edinburgh ''Forum''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819231312/http://forum.llc.ed.ac.uk/issue4/schwartz.html|date=19 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/arts/nijinsky_vf_A.pdf|title=glbtq Project|publisher=glbtq Project|access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> and Diaghilev was deeply involved in directing and managing Nijinsky's career.