Talk:Sergei Diaghilev

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Rather than start a fight straight off by changing things, does anyone know exactly how Sergei Diaghilev got to be in an article entitled "Serge Diaghilev"? There can surely be no doubt whatsoever that his birth name was Sergei Diaghilev, and this is what the article should be called. Yes, of course he was known in France and other countries by the Francophone version "Serge Diaghilev", and of course there should be a redirect from this, but in reality this was no more than a stage name. --PS4FA

I agree with the page move (just about), but just for reference, the convention here is not to put people under their birth name necessarily, but under the name they are best known by in an English context (see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English), especially the second paragraph). I think that using that critereon, "Serge" wasn't very wrong, but looking through a couple of reference books, "Sergei" is probably better. --Camembert

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There are rumours about him having a relationship with Nijinsky. Can anyone confirm these? 81.131.191.198

This is well documented. Nijinsky had already had a relationship with a Russian nobleman, to whom he was introduced by a pimp who was also a member of the corps de ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre. It does not appear that he was wholeheartedly homosexual, but consented to homosexual acts for money in order to hep support his mother, sister and emotionally disturbed brother - the family's father had deserted the home. In his memoirs, written after he had lost his mind, he admits that he 'went with' Diaghilev for money - but also says that he spent much of his time in Paris searching for good-looking prostitutes; and of course in due time he married. Richard Buckle's biography Nijinsky (London, 1979) has much of this detail. Derek Parker 06:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC)Derek Parker.

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This article hasn't been touched in a while. I added more early information. I plan to add more about the Ballet Russes and art exhibitions later.--tufkaa 18:42, 15 April 2006 (UTC)