- See also: Category:Ballets by Bronislava Nijinska
Bronislava Nijinska (Russian: Бронислава Фоминична Нижинская, Bronislava Fominichna Nizhinskaya; Polish: Bronisława Niżyńska; January 8, 1891 (old style 27 December 1890) - February 22, 1972) was a Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher of Polish descent,
Nijinska was born in Minsk, the third child of the Polish dancers Tomasz and Eleonora Bereda Niżyńsky. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers Her brother was Vaslav Nijinsky. Nijinsky redirects here For other uses of the name see Nijinsky (disambiguation. She was just 4 years old when she made her theatrical debut in a Christmas pageant with her brothers in Nizhny Novgorod. Nizhny Novgorod (Ни́жний Но́вгород Nižnij Novgorod) colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest city in Russia
Nijinska played a leading role in the pioneering venture that turned against 19th-century Classicism. For the works or study of works from classical antiquity see Classics Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to A breakthrough came in 1910, when she created her first solo, the role Papillon in Le Carnival.
Nijinska was a member of the Imperial Ballet and then the Ballets Russes, for whom she choreographed her best known works, Les Noces (1923), The Blue Train (1924) and Les Biches (1924). The Mariinsky Ballet, is an internationally renowned Classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. See also Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, The Ballets Russes ( French for The Russian Ballets) was a Ballet company established Les noces ( English: The Wedding; Russian: Свадебка ( Svadebka) by Igor Stravinsky Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also List of New York City Ballet repertory Les Biches is a ballet by Francis Poulenc, premiered by the Ballets Russes Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She also choreographed the dances (to Felix Mendelssohn's music) for Max Reinhardt's 1935 film version of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3 1809 &ndash November 4 1847 was a German Composer Max Reinhardt ( September 9, 1873 - October 30, 1943) was an Austrian (later naturalised American) theatre and film William Shakespeare ( baptised A Midsummer Night's Dream ( 1935) is a film directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, produced by Henry Blanke and Hal Wallis Bronislava Nijinska died in Pacific Palisades, California. Pacific Palisades is a district within the US city of Los Angeles California, located between Brentwood to the east Malibu to the west California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
She was twice married. Her first husband was Alexandre Kochetovsky, a fellow Ballet Russes dancer by whom she had two children-a son, Leo Kochetovsky, who was tragically killed in a car accident and a daughter, Irina Nijinska, a ballet dancer in her own right who subsequently carried on her work, including editing and publishing her mother's memoirs in 1972. The true love of her life, but to whom she was never married, was the great Russian bass singer Feodor Chaliapin. Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin ( Russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Шаля́пин Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin; &ndash April 12, 1938) She was bisexual. [1]
She was the subject of an album The Nijinska Chamber by Kate Westbrook[2] and Mike Westbrook. Kate Westbrook is an artist following the professions of painter and musician Michael John David 'Mike' Westbrook (born March 21, 1936 in High Wycombe) is a highly successful British Jazz Pianist,
Her students included the prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and the dancer Cyd Charisse. Maria Tallchief (born January 24 1925 was an American Ballerina. Cyd Charisse ( March 8, 1922 &ndash June 17, 2008) was an American Dancer and actress.
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