Bronislava Nijinska

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Bronislava Nijinska (January 8, 1891 - February 21, 1972) was a Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher of Polish descent, also known as Bronislava Fominitshna Nizhinskaya; in Polish language: Bronisława Niżyńska. Nijinska was born in Minsk. She was the third child of the Polish dancers Thomas and Eleonora Bereda Nijinsky. She was just 4 years old when she made her theatrical debut in a Christmas pageant with her brothers in Nijniy Novgorod. Nijinska played a leading role in the pioneering venture that stayed against 19 century Classicism.A breakthrough came in 1910 -she created her first solo, the role Papillon in Le Carnival. Nijinska (the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky) was a member of the Mariinsky Ballet and the Ballets Russes from whom she choreographed her best known works Les Noces (1923), The Blue Train (1924) and Les Biches (1924). Bronoslava Nijinska died in Pacific Palisades, California.


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