Possible Clues:

• Man's beginning to entertain old city as a stage performer
• Performer in Paris, in street, twirling
• Nijinsky, for instance, in back street in Paris
• Arty male performer excited 70% of Sun readers
• E.g. Nijinsky's regrets about being associated with book
• Nursed a disabled male ballet performer
• Answer needles terribly rude man in tights
• French in street lifted Nureyev, say
• Nursed a crippled male ballet dancer