Nijinsky

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

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

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noun

Vas·lav or Was·law

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

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Words nearby Nijinsky

Nihon, nihonium, NII, Niigata, Niihau, Nijinsky, Nijinsky, Vaslav, Nijmegen, -nik, Nikaria, nikau

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How to use Nijinsky in a sentence

My father assembled the most important private collection of Nijinsky photographs.
Pryor Dodge's Two-Wheeled Obsession Is Now a Museum of Bike History|Anthony Haden-Guest|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With his eyes bulging with excitement Nijinsky leapt back and assumed the attitude of warlike defiance known as "coming on guard."
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 9, 1919|Various
I should like at this point to pay heartfelt homage to Vaslav Nijinsky's unsurpassed rendering of the role of Petroushka.
An Autobiography|Igor Stravinsky
Nijinsky began by demanding such a fantastic number of rehearsals that it was physically impossible to give them to him.
An Autobiography|Igor Stravinsky

Diaghileff made up his mind that year that he would spare no effort to make a choreographer of Nijinsky.
An Autobiography|Igor Stravinsky
It is true that I refrained at the time from telling Nijinsky what I thought of his efforts as a ballet master.
An Autobiography|Igor Stravinsky

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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