Drawings of dances of Vaslav Nijinsky 1913

George Barbier made this drawing of Vaslav Nijinsky’s dance, with ink and watercolour, and you can see the dancer's dynamism emerging right before your eyes. I can almost feel Barbier's pulse quickening as he tries to capture the ephemeral beauty of Nijinsky's movements, the way he balances strength and fragility, earthiness and ethereal grace. Look how the bright yellows and blues pop against the dark background, like a burst of energy cutting through the night. I bet Barbier was mesmerized, sketching furiously to keep up with the dancer's every twist and turn. It's like he's not just drawing a dance, but the very feeling of dance itself—that heady mix of freedom, abandon, and pure, unadulterated joy. You see echoes of Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas, their fascination with movement, their love of capturing life in its most fleeting moments. It's like a visual conversation across time, each artist riffing off the other, chasing after that elusive thing we call inspiration.