Vaslav Nijinsky
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Vaslav Nijinsky was a legendary early 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer renowned for his extraordinary technique, expressive power, and groundbreaking modernist works.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vaslav Nijinsky canonical | 15 |
| Nijinsky | 2 |
| Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1845669 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaslav Nijinsky Context triple: [Ballets Russes, collaboratedWith, Vaslav Nijinsky]
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A.
Sergei Diaghilev
Sergei Diaghilev was a pioneering Russian art critic, impresario, and founder of the Ballets Russes, renowned for revolutionizing early 20th-century ballet through innovative collaborations with leading composers, choreographers, and artists.
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B.
Léon Bakst
Léon Bakst was a Russian painter and stage designer renowned for his vividly colored, innovative sets and costumes for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in the early 20th century.
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C.
Tamara Karsavina
Tamara Karsavina was a renowned Russian prima ballerina of the early 20th century, celebrated for her artistry in works by Mikhail Fokine and for helping to shape modern classical ballet.
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D.
Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlova was a legendary Russian prima ballerina of the early 20th century, renowned worldwide for her expressive dancing and iconic role in "The Dying Swan."
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E.
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Vsevolod Meyerhold was a pioneering Russian and Soviet theatre director and theorist known for his avant-garde staging and development of the biomechanics acting system, which profoundly influenced modern performance and film directors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaslav Nijinsky Target entity description: Vaslav Nijinsky was a legendary early 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer renowned for his extraordinary technique, expressive power, and groundbreaking modernist works.
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A.
Sergei Diaghilev
Sergei Diaghilev was a pioneering Russian art critic, impresario, and founder of the Ballets Russes, renowned for revolutionizing early 20th-century ballet through innovative collaborations with leading composers, choreographers, and artists.
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B.
Léon Bakst
Léon Bakst was a Russian painter and stage designer renowned for his vividly colored, innovative sets and costumes for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in the early 20th century.
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C.
Tamara Karsavina
Tamara Karsavina was a renowned Russian prima ballerina of the early 20th century, celebrated for her artistry in works by Mikhail Fokine and for helping to shape modern classical ballet.
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D.
Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlova was a legendary Russian prima ballerina of the early 20th century, renowned worldwide for her expressive dancing and iconic role in "The Dying Swan."
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E.
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Vsevolod Meyerhold was a pioneering Russian and Soviet theatre director and theorist known for his avant-garde staging and development of the biomechanics acting system, which profoundly influenced modern performance and film directors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet dancer
ⓘ
choreographer ⓘ human ⓘ modern dancer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1919 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1900 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Cimetière de Montmartre
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surface form:
Montmartre Cemetery
|
| child |
Kyra Nijinsky
ⓘ
Kyra Nijinsky ⓘ
surface form:
Tamara Nijinsky
|
| collaboratedWith |
Claude Debussy
ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ Maurice Ravel ⓘ Sergei Diaghilev ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1889-03-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1950-04-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1913-09-10 ⓘ |
| describedAs | legendary early 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer ⓘ |
| diagnosedWith | schizophrenia ⓘ |
| employer | Ballets Russes ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish ⓘ |
| familyName |
Vaslav Nijinsky
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nijinsky
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| father |
Tomasz Niżyński
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surface form:
Tomasz Nijinsky
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| fullName |
Vaslav Nijinsky
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky
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| genre |
ballet
ⓘ
modern dance ⓘ |
| givenName | Vaslav ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Ballets Russes ⓘ |
| mother | Eleonora Bereda ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive power as a performer
ⓘ
extraordinary ballet technique ⓘ groundbreaking modernist choreography ⓘ |
| notableStudentOf | Sergei Diaghilev ⓘ |
| notableWork |
ballet "Giselle"
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surface form:
Giselle (performance)
Jeux ⓘ The Rite of Spring ⓘ
surface form:
Le Sacre du printemps
Le Spectre de la rose ⓘ
surface form:
Le Spectre de la rose (performance)
L’Après-midi d’un faune ⓘ Petrushka ⓘ
surface form:
Petrushka (performance)
The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky ⓘ Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche ⓘ
surface form:
Till Eulenspiegel
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| occupation |
ballet dancer
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choreographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kyiv
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Russian Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Bronislava Nijinska ⓘ |
| spouse | Romola de Pulszky ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vaslav Nijinsky Description of subject: Vaslav Nijinsky was a legendary early 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer renowned for his extraordinary technique, expressive power, and groundbreaking modernist works.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky
this entity surface form:
Nijinsky
this entity surface form:
Nijinsky