Bronislava Nijinska was a Russian ballet dancer of Polish origin, and an innovative choreographer. She came of age in a family of traveling, professional dancers.
Her brother Vaslav Nijinsky and Bronislava Nijinska, sculpture by Giennadij Jerszow, the Grand Theatre, Warsaw
Enrico Cecchetti, St. Petersburg, c.1900
Nijinska, graduation picture, 1908
The Original Ballet Russe was a ballet company established in 1931 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as a successor to the Ballets Russes, founded in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev. The company assu
Bronislava Nijinska with the Ballets Russes in Monte Carlo, April 1934
Helene Kirsova stars in Petrouchka, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 11 January 1937. Photo from the Sam Hood collection.