Vaslav

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Vaslav is the given name of Vaslav Nijinsky, the legendary early 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer renowned for his groundbreaking work with the Ballets Russes.

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instanceOf ballet dancer
choreographer
human
activeYearsEnd 1919
activeYearsStart 1907
causeOfDeath heart disease
citizenship Russian Empire
collaboratedWith Claude Debussy NERFINISHED
Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED
Sergei Diaghilev NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1889-03-12
dateOfDeath 1950-04-08
describedAs groundbreaking choreographer
legendary ballet dancer
employer Ballets Russes NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Polish
father Tomasz Nijinsky NERFINISHED
genre ballet
givenName Vaslav NERFINISHED
memberOf Ballets Russes NERFINISHED
mother Eleonora Bereda NERFINISHED
movement modern ballet
nativeLanguage Polish
notableFor collaboration with Sergei Diaghilev
early 20th-century ballet innovation
expressive characterizations
extraordinary elevation and leaps
innovative choreography
notableWork Jeux NERFINISHED
Le Sacre du printemps NERFINISHED
L’Après-midi d’un faune NERFINISHED
Till Eulenspiegel NERFINISHED
occupation ballet dancer
choreographer
performedIn Giselle NERFINISHED
Swan Lake NERFINISHED
The Sleeping Beauty NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Kyiv NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender male
sibling Bronislava Nijinska NERFINISHED
spouse Romola de Pulszky NERFINISHED
trainedAt Imperial Ballet School NERFINISHED
workLocation Paris
Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED

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Vaslav Nijinsky givenName Vaslav