Andrew F

The Petipa Society is wrong (-ish) to say that Nijinsky danced the peasant pas de deux. The pas de deux he danced in the 1907 Giselle was created for himself and Karsavina by Nikolai Legat, specifically to showcase their talents together. So successful were they together, that an outraged Anna Pavlova famously stormed out of the wings to berate Karsavina.

A minor point about Karsavina's "second autobiography" - she certainly did complete the book. The first 5 chapters were based on the reminiscences she sent to friends in letter form (those recently published) and the finished text ran to 24 chapters. After the document failed to find a publisher, she recycled much of the work as a series of articles for Dancing Times, covering her memories of Mariinsky roles, teachers she had worked with and the various partners she had danced with over her career.