Nijinsky

American

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

noun

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

Nijinsky British

/ 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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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

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

And for Bronislava Nijinska, the long-neglected sister of Vaslav Nijinsky, it’s nothing short of a resuscitation.

From New York Times ● May 5, 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

After a summer in Spain and Switzerland, without Nijinsky, the Russian Ballet returned to America for a second season, opening at the Manhattan Opera House October 16, 1916.

From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl

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