biography
| name: |
Nijinska, Bronislava
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pronunciation:
[nizhinska]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1891–1972)
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| biography:
| Ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Minsk, Belarus, the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky. She studied at St Petersburg, and became a soloist with the Maryinski company. She danced with the Diaghilev Ballets Russes company in Paris and London (1909–14) before returning to Russia during World War 1, where she danced and started a school in Kiev. She joined Diaghilev in 1921 as principal choreographer, the only woman to achieve this status. After working in Buenos Aires and Paris, she briefly formed her own company (1932), and after 1938 lived and worked mainly in the USA. Noted for the modern, stark realism of her ballets, two works remain in popular repertory, and are highly regarded: Le Noces (1923) and Les Biches (1924). |
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