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Vaslav Nijinsky
Vaslav Nijinsky , 1890-1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; brother of Bronislava Nijinska . Nijinsky is widely considered the greatest dancer of the 20th cent. and was ballet's first modernist choreographer. He entered the Imperial Ballet School, St. Petersburg, in 1900 and made his... Read more |
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Bronislava Nijinska
Bronislava Nijinska , 1891-1972, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; sister of Vaslav Nijinsky . She studied at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg and then joined the Maryinsky Theatre. In 1909, she moved to Diaghilev 's Ballet Russe, where she danced in the entire repertory.... Read more |
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Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev , 1872-1929, Russian ballet impresario and art critic, grad. St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music, 1892. In 1898 he founded an influential journal, Mir Iskusstva [The World of Art]. He took a company of Russian dancers to Paris (1909) and, with the assistance of the... Read more |
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Anna Matveyevna Pavlova
Anna Matveyevna Pavlova , 1881-1931, Russian ballerina. In 1892 she entered the Imperial Ballet School, St. Petersburg. She made her debut in 1899 at the Maryinsky Theatre, but it was only after tours to Scandinavia (1907) and to Berlin and Vienna (1908) that she gained fame. In Paris, Pavlova... Read more |
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Lincoln Kirstein
Lincoln Kirstein , 1907-96, American dance and theater executive and writer, b. Rochester, N.Y. One of the most significant figures in 20th cent. American ballet, Kirstein was cofounder of the American Ballet and the School of the American Ballet in 1934 and of Ballet Caravan in 1936. He is best... Read more |
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Profile: Library exhibit featuring Vaslav Nijinsky
...Morning Edition 04-14-2003 Profile: Library exhibit featuring Vaslav NijinskyHost: BOB EDWARDSTime...NoonBOB EDWARDS, host: Dancer Vaslav Nijinsky paved the way for Nureyev...the Ballets Russes premiered ... |