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Also Known As Bronislava Fominitshna Nizhinskaya
Born January 8, 1891 • Minsk • Belarus
Died February 21, 1972 (aged 81) • California
Notable Family Members brother Vaslav Nijinsky
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian-French dancer and choreographer
Konstantin Mikhailovich Sergeyev
Russian dancer
Rostislav Zakharov
Russian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director
Leonid Lavrovsky
Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher
Aleksandr Gorsky
Russian dancer and choreographer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Martha Graham
Martha Graham
American dancer
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer
Justin Peck
Justin Peck
American choreographer and dancer
Mark Morris
American dancer and choreographer
Glen Tetley
American dancer
William Forsythe
William Forsythe
American choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham
American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer