‘The Last Dance From A Firebird’ – The Descent Of Genius

By Ernest Kearney  —  The first superstar of ballet was Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1950). The remarkable fusion of strength and grace he possessed would lead to his being declared “the god of dance” by his admirers. 

He performed the world over to universal acclaim as a dancer and later in his career would move into choreographing work which was both praised and loathed for its daring originality.

Fringe Award-Gold Medal-The TVolution

Writer/Performer Victor McAllister presents us with Nijinsky’s story shattered into broken, rambling memories of disconnected triumphs and failure layered over by an endless monologue expressing the passions, pains, and prayers of Nijinsky who at 29 slipped from sanity into schizophrenia.

McAllister delivers a powerful performance divided between delusion and dance which deserves a Gold Medal.

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The Last Dance From A Firebird playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023
at the
Art of Acting Studio (Blackbox), in Hollywood.

For Hollywood Fringe Festival Details, The Last Dance From A Firebird Show Information, and Tickets Click HERE.

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An award-winning L.A. playwright and rabble-rouser of note who has hoisted glasses with Orson Welles, been arrested on three continents and once beat up Charlie Manson. His first play, "Among the Vipers" was a semi-finalist in the Julie Harris Playwriting Competition and was featured in the Carnegie-Mellon Showcase of New Plays. It was produced at the NPT Theater in Ashland, Oregon and Los Angeles’ celebrated Odyssey Ensemble Theatre. His following play, “The Little Boy Who Loved Monsters” was produced at The Hollywood Actors Theater, where he earned praise from the Los Angeles Times for his “…inordinately creative writing.” The play went on to numerous other productions including Berlin’s The Black Theatre under the direction of Rainer Fassbinder who wrote in his program notes of Kearney, “He is a skilled playwright, but more importantly he is a dangerous one.” Ernest Kearney has worked as literary manager or as dramaturge for among others The Hudson Theater Guild, Nova Diem and the Odyssey Ensemble Theatre, where he still serves on the play selection committee. He has been the recipient of two Dramalogue Awards and a finalist or semi-finalist, three times, in the Julie Harris Playwriting Competition. His work has been performed by Michael Dunn, Sandra Tsing Loh, Jack Colvin and Billy Bob Thornton, and to date, either as playwright or director, he has upwards of a hundred and thirty productions under his belt, including a few at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater as puppeteer. Kearney remains focused on his writing, as well as living happily ever after with his lovely wife Marlene. His stage reviews and social essays can be found at TheTVolution.com and workingauthor.com. Follow him on Facebook.

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