Nijinsky

American  

[ni-zhin-skee, -jin-, nyi-zhin-skyee] / nɪˈʒɪn ski, -ˈdʒɪn-, njɪˈʒɪn skji /

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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Nijinsky

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

Nijinsky, whose artistic life was cut short by mental illness at 29, composed four ballets, among them the epochal “Rite of Spring.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 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

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

From An Autobiography by Igor Stravinsky

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