Sister of Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska was a ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer.
As influential and innovative as a dancer and choreographer as her famous brother, she assisted him with the creating of L'Après-midi d'un faune (1912) and Le Sacre du Printemps (1913) and went on to become a pioneering and influential voice in the development of post-classical ballet, neoclassicism, minimalism and contemporary dance in her own right
In 1923, with a score by Stravinsky she choreographed her iconic work Les Noces [The Wedding].
Working with the Ballet Russes several times, she was forced to move between Russia and Paris and eventually the United States by the Russian Revolution and two world wars. She worked with several ballet companies in Europe and the Americas, as well as with her own companies.
In the 1960s for The Royal Ballet in London, she staged revivals of her Ballets Russes-era creations.
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| Bronislava Nijinska by Man Ray (1922) |