He took the place of the maiden and danced his career to death. Mialet, in her essay, Do Angels Have Bodies, in which she explores the nature of a genius, notes that “the individual himself [does not call] himself an innovator, but rather his surroundings which [qualify] him as such” (554). Similar to Mialet’s exhibit William, an innovator in thermodynamic technologies, Nijinsky “was constantly evaluated by others—that is he was qualified by his co-workers and subordinates to be an innovator” (554). However, unlike William, he did not maintain this designation as a genius because The Rite of Spring
He took the place of the maiden and danced his career to death. Mialet, in her essay, Do Angels Have Bodies, in which she explores the nature of a genius, notes that “the individual himself [does not call] himself an innovator, but rather his surroundings which [qualify] him as such” (554). Similar to Mialet’s exhibit William, an innovator in thermodynamic technologies, Nijinsky “was constantly evaluated by others—that is he was qualified by his co-workers and subordinates to be an innovator” (554). However, unlike William, he did not maintain this designation as a genius because The Rite of Spring