Nijinsky

American  

[ni-zhin-skee, -jin-, nyi-zhin-skyee] / nɪˈʒɪn ski, -ˈdʒɪn-, nyɪˈʒɪn skyi /

noun

1. Vaslav or Waslaw 1890–1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.

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Nijinsky British  

/ nɪˈdʒɪnskɪ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Josie said she met Sleep in person years earlier, outside York Theatre Royal's stage door, to give him paintings of the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky which she had created herself.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Ball’s came in “Afternoon of a Faun,” in which he subtly infused his role with an air of Nijinsky.

From New York Times • May 29, 2023

One of his most famous horses was Nijinsky, which won the Derby, the 2,000 Guineas and the St. Leger.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2022

Among the horses Smith bred his mares to at the farm were Nijinsky, Storm Cat, Seattle Slew, Alydar and Mr. Prospector.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2020

"He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers," is written in the Book of Proverbs, and the writer might have had in mind Nijinsky in La Princesse Enchant�e.

From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl