Nijinsky

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

noun

1. Vas·lav or Was·law [vah, -sl, uh, f], 1890–1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.

Nijinsky

/ nɪˈdʒɪnskɪ /

noun

1. NijinskyWaslaworVaslaw18901950MRussianDANCE: ballet dancerDANCE: choreographer 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

Example Sentences

My father assembled the most important private collection of Nijinsky photographs.

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With his eyes bulging with excitement Nijinsky leapt back and assumed the attitude of warlike defiance known as "coming on guard."

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I should like at this point to pay heartfelt homage to Vaslav Nijinsky's unsurpassed rendering of the role of Petroushka.

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Nijinsky began by demanding such a fantastic number of rehearsals that it was physically impossible to give them to him.

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Diaghileff made up his mind that year that he would spare no effort to make a choreographer of Nijinsky.

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It is true that I refrained at the time from telling Nijinsky what I thought of his efforts as a ballet master.

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