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Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (Вацлав Фомич Нижинский; transliterate: Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky; Polish: Wacław Niżyński) (March 12, 1889 – April 8, 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. Nijinsky was one of the most gifted male dancers in history, and he became celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterizations. He could perform en pointe, a rare skill among male dancers at the time (Albright, 2004) and his ability to perform seemingly gravity-defying leaps was also legendary. The choreographer Bronislava Nijinska was his sister.

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  • Russian dancer who was the choreographer & star of the 1912 production of "The Afternoon of a Faun"
  • This Diaghilev dancer is buried near the great French dancer Auguste Vestris in Montmartre
  • After a breakdown around 1919, this Russian-born ballet dancer spent the rest of his life in & out of asylums
  • He was born in Kiev around 1889 to parents who were celebrated dancers from Poland
  • Legendary dancer who choreographed & danced the title role in the following:
  • In 1912 this Russian not only choreographed "The Afternoon of a Faun", he danced the part of the faun as well
  • In 1911 this great dancer leapt into immortality with his magnificent exit leap in "Le spectre de la rose"
  • Audiences fauned all over this Kiev-born dancer when he came to Paris with Diaghilev in 1909

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