Nijinsky

[ ni-zhin-skee, -jin-; Russian nyi-zhin-skyee ]

/ nɪˈʒɪn ski, -ˈdʒɪn-; Russian nyɪˈʒɪn skyi /

noun

Vas·lav or Was·law

[vah-sluh f] /ˈvɑ sləf/, 1890–1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.

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As for Nijinsky, he, with his wife, had been a prisoner in an Austrian detention camp since the beginning of the war.
Interpreters|Carl Van Vechten
Diaghileff made up his mind that year that he would spare no effort to make a choreographer of Nijinsky.
An Autobiography|Igor Stravinsky
There is, indeed, the quality of a dream about the characters Nijinsky presents to us.
Interpreters|Carl Van Vechten

Nijinsky began by demanding such a fantastic number of rehearsals that it was physically impossible to give them to him.
An Autobiography|Igor Stravinsky
Those who witnessed the feat say that it eclipsed Nijinsky in his most elastic mood.
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British Dictionary definitions for nijinsky

Nijinsky

/ (nɪˈdʒɪnskɪ) /

noun

Waslaw or Vaslaw (vatsˈlaf). 1890–1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, who was associated with Diaghilev. His creations include settings of Stravinsky's Petrushka and The Rite of Spring

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