Nijinsky (Full Frame)

VHS, R, 125 minutes, Paramount Home Entertainment

Onstage, Nijinsky, the most celebrated dancer of the early 20th century, was in flawless control. Offstage, he was in turmoil, torn between the ballerina he married and the domineering mentor he loved, Ballets Russes founder and impresario Serge Diaghilev. Eventually, the stresses of this volatile triangle drove him to madness. Herbert Ross ("The Turning Point") directs Alan Bates and American Ballet Theatre stars George De La Pena and Leslie Browne in this sumptuous film, highlighted by true-life drama and glorious dance sequences from "Sheherazade," "Petrochka," "the Spectre of the Rose" and other notable productions.