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Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky ( / ˌvɑːtslɑːf nɪˈ ( d) ʒɪnski /; Russian: Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, romanized : Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, IPA: [ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj]; Polish: Wacław Niżyński, IPA: [ˈvatswaf ɲiˈʐɨj̃skʲi]; 12 March 1889 [1] [2] /1890 [3] – 8 April 1950) was a Russian [4 ...
Vaslav Nijinsky (born 1889 or 1890, Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]—died April 8, 1950, London, England) was a Russian-born ballet dancer of almost legendary fame, celebrated for his spectacular leaps and sensitive interpretations.
Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (Вацлав Фомич Нижинский; transliterated: Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky; Polish: Wacław Niżyński) (March 12, 1890 – April 8, 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish origin.
Vaslav Nijinsky, orig. Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, (born 1889 or 1890, Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]—died April 8, 1950, London, Eng.), Russian ballet dancer.
May 29, 2018 · The ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1953) electrified his audiences with a virtuosity directly related to the characterizations he forged by the genius of his imagination. Although his dancing and choreographic career was short, he remains a symbol of human artistic achievement.
Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish ancestry. He is regarded as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century. He was celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterizations.
Born in Kiev, Russia, in 1890, Vaslav Nijinsky was a legendary performer in the history of dance and a revolutionary choreographer. Both his parents were celebrated dancers; they had their own dance company and performed throughout the Russian pire.
Born in Kiev in 1889 to Polish and dancer parents, Vaslav Nijinsky joined in 1898 the Imperial Ballet School of St. Petersburg. Showing exceptional gifts for dance, he made his stage debut at only 15 in Acis and Galatée by Fokine (1904).
Their dancing, designs by Russian artists, and the new repertory won enormous acclaim and established Diaghilev and Nijinsky, an openly gay couple, as the centers of the Western Europe’s artistic elite.
Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky (; Russian: Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, romanized: Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, IPA: [ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj]; Polish: Wacław Niżyński, IPA: [ˈvatswaf ɲiˈʐɨj̃skʲi]; 12 March 1889/1890 – 8 April 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish ancestry.
