Bronislava Nijinska

Bronislava Nijinska (French transcription, Polish notation Bronisława Niżyńska, Russian Бронислава Фоминична Нижинская, Bronislava Fominitschna Nischinskaja; born January 8, 1892 in Minsk, † February 21, 1972 in Los Angeles ) was a Polish -born Russian choreographer, ballet dancer and dance teacher, who later worked mainly in France and the United States. It is considered a pioneer of neoclassicism. She was among other things one of the stars at the Ballets Russes and choreographed numerous pieces there.

Life

Her father Tomasz Niżyński and her mother Eleonora Bereda were both dancers. The two- year older brother Vaslav Nijinsky was also a dancer and choreographer.

From 1900 Nijinska visited with her brother the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg. Eight years later, Bronislava was already engaged as a dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg and one year later at the Ballets Russes in Paris. She danced the pieces Carnaval and Petrushka.

1914 Nijinska created for the play La snuff her first choreography. Soon after, she opened a dance school in Kiev.

As Bronislava 1921 left her native Russia, she worked as a principal dancer with the Ballets Russes and developed into one of the most important choreographers of the troops.

This was followed by many work in various troops and theaters: 1932 Nijinska founded her own troupe. In 1935 she choreographed A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Hollywood film. From 1937 she headed the Polish Ballet in Paris, worked for director and theater director Max Reinhardt in the movie A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Markova Dolin Company. Opened in 1938 Bronislava a dance school in Los Angeles. In the U.S., she worked for the American Ballet Theatre. 1945 Nijinska ballet mistress of the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas. In 1964, she revised her pieces Les Noces and Les Biches for the Royal Ballet in London. From 1967 headed Bronislava the Buffalo Ballet Theater.

Works

• Renard (1922 )
• Baika (1922 )
• Les Noces (1923 )
• Les Tentations de la bergère (1923 )
• Les Biches (1924 )
• Les Fâcheux (1924 )
• Le Train Bleu (1924 )
• Romeo and Juliet (1926 )
• Variations ( from 1932)
• Hamlet (as of 1932)
• Concerto ( 1937)
• Le Chant de la Terre (1937 )
• La Légende de Cracovie (1937 )
• Les variations de Brahms (1945 )
• Rencontres

For Ida Rubinstein:

• Le Baiser de la Fée (1928 )
• Boléro (1928 )
• Aubade (1929 )

For the Opera Russe de Paris:

• Etudes Chorégraphiques (1931 )