Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!... February 25th, 1918...

On this date, February 25th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet, “SIS KOOM-BAH!”… the heartbreaking story of a sensitive young man in college who decides against all sound advice to become a cheerleader for the Ladies’ Cross-Country & Obstacle-Course Croquet Team. Although teased and even assaulted mercilessly with oblong vegetables by a gang of traveling salesmen, he becomes the captain and inspires the other cheerleaders to win state competitions. Tragically, in the final act, the young man is struck by a fierce “dambuster shot” and he pitches into a swamp on the grounds of the Key Largo Secretarial Sciences Academy. Nijinsky reused his dying swan choreography to great effect as the drowning cheerleader…. tangled in a treacherous thicket of… um… wickets… The critics were rapturous!

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Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!... February 20th, 1918...

On this date, February 20th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet, “THERE’S A SPOOK IN MY CURTAINS!”, the story of a sensitive young man who, having just gotten his driver’s license, backs his Model T over his grandmother and imagines her ghost has haunted his home. In the second act Nijinsky’s character loses his mind and tosses himself along with his dirty laundry into the newly invented washing machine for a pas de deux with a pair of flannel pajamas!…after a particularly terrifying spin cycle with the entire cast, the ballet ends with the young man in a final tableaux. He attaches drapery rings and hangs himself in a bay window… the audience fled the theatre screaming. Sadly, they were too frightened to stay and applaud… or ask for autographs.

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Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!... February 17th, 1918...

Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!... On this date, February 17th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet, “DO MY LEOTARDS MAKE ME LOOK FAT?”, the story of a sensitive young coal-miner in West Virginia who struggles daily between the challenges of “black-lung” and bulimia. His pas-de-deux in the second act was particularly poignant as he danced with his caged canary, dressed in nothing but a head-lamp!

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Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!... February 6th, 1918...

Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!... On this date, February 6th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet, “OH CRAP! I MISSED THE BUS!”, the story of a sensitive youth in an urban metropolis who pits his romantic notions against those of a cold and callous modern world. Act 1 takes place in a slum barber shop, a crime ridden billiard hall, and finally in a back-alley where the young man tries to purchase a corsage. Nijinsky later created a sequel to this ballet called “TAXI!, OH, TAXI!”…

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Sybil Bruncheon's "GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!"... February 2nd, 1918...

Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!.... On this date, February 2nd, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet, “MY PICNIC IS INVISIBLE!”. As the curtain rose he spent the first 20 minutes “finding the perfect spot”, removing twigs, and miming the tablecloth. The first act ended with serving invisible potato salad and bologna sandwiches. Interestingly, he spent the second act slapping away at actual ants which a mischievous stagehand had hidden in his tights.

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Sybil Bruncheon's "GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!"... January 30th, 1918...

Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!.... On this date, January 30th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet “NOT NOW! I’M A LADY”. He claimed he had gotten his inspiration after helping his mother with the laundry and trying on all of her clothes fresh out of the dryer. Interestingly, they could both wear the same size in just about everything! Even her… um… “dainties”… if he… uh, arranged himself properly!

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Sybil Bruncheon's "GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!".... January 27th, 1918....

Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!.... On this date, January 27th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky, after being hospitalized for repeated attacks of bulimia, premiered his delightful new ballet “TOSS ME, I’M A SALAD!”. Other characters in the corps de ballet included Vinnie Grette, Aunt Chovie, Caesar Dressing, and Kiki the Koo Koo Krouton. Sadly, the critics were savage; the New York Times described the whole production as “wilted”… and “brown in spots”… Nijinsky promptly ate two chocolate cakes off the catering table at the opening night party, and then vomited for three hours.

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Sybil Bruncheon's "GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!"... January 22nd, 1918...

Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!.... On this date, January 22nd, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky premiered his shockingly provocative ballet/contortionist/juggling/tragi-comic/spectacle: "Chef Grand Jette-Comme-Une-Fille Rencontre L'homme Natif Musculaire." ...He danced the role of Big Chief Throws Like a Girl. The critics were especially outraged by his fourth act entrance "en pointe" in nothing but a beaded pouch shaped like a tee-pee and some strategically placed feathered pasties.... But his tomahawk juggling got him thirteen bows to standing ovations... (although he DID lose two toes...) 

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