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Bronislava Nijinska

American dancer, choreographer, and teacher
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Also known as: Bronislava Fominitshna Nizhinskaya
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Orig.:
Bronislava Fominitshna Nizhinskaya
Born:
Jan. 8, 1891, Minsk, Russia
Died:
Feb. 21, 1972, Pacific Palisades, Calif., U.S.
Also Known As:
Bronislava Fominitshna Nizhinskaya
Notable Family Members:
brother Vaslav Nijinsky
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Bronislava Nijinska (born Jan. 8, 1891, Minsk, Russia—died Feb. 21, 1972, Pacific Palisades, Calif., U.S.) was a Russian-born U.S. dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She trained at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg and joined the Mariinsky Theatre company in 1908. She danced with the Ballets Russes in Paris from 1909, as did her brother, Vaslav Nijinsky. She choreographed several ballets for the company, including Les Noces (1923), The Blue Train (1924), and Les Biches (1924). During the 1920s and 1930s she created works for other companies, including her own (1932–37). In 1938 she moved to Los Angeles, where she opened a school, and she continued to work as a guest choreographer into the early 1960s.

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