Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
3. Mai 2022 · This last anecdote comes from Garafola’s new book La Nijinska, a biography of Nijinsky’s sister, Bronislava “Bronnie” Nijinska, told in rich, fascinating detail.Whereas her more famous ...
Nijinska — who was born in 1891 in Minsk and died in 1972 in Los Angeles — was the younger sister of Vaslav Nijinsky. His mythic status as a dancer and revolutionary choreographer has overshadowed her much longer, more productive career. Nijinsky, whose artistic life was cut short by mental illness at 29, composed four ballets, among them the epochal “Rite of Spring.” (The two were ...
Bronislava Nijinska--early Memoirs. Now in paperback, Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirs --originally published in 1981--has been hailed by critics, scholars, and dancers alike as the definitive source of firsthand information on the early life of the great Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950). This memoir, recounted here with verve and stunning detail ...
Born Bronislava Fominichna Nijinskaia in Minsk, Russia, on January 8, 1891; died of a heart attack in Pacific Palisades, California, on February 22, 1972; daughter of Foma Nijinsky and Eleonora Nikolaevna Bereda Nijinskaia, both ballet dancers; sister of Vaslav Nijinsky (a ballet dancer); sister-in-law of Romola Nijinska (1891–1978); attended ...
26. Juni 2023 · The choreographer Bronislava Nijinska (1891–1972) was the sister of legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky – both achieving fame through Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. In 2022, Lynn Garafola’s biography La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern brought a welcome renewal of attention to Nijinska. This year, one of her most famous works, Les Noces ...
1. Apr. 2022 · For Nijinska, Les Biches was a “pure dance” work, a descendant of those first plotless ballets she had choreographed in Kyiv, and a progenitor, with Les Noces, of a long series of choreographic abstractions. As Les Biches took shape, Poulenc kept his friends abreast of its progress. To Milhaud, in August, “ Les Biches will be a very clear ...
With striking shapes and probing themes, choreographer Bronislava Nijinska helped remake ballet for the 20th century. The Joffrey Ballet performs her Les Noces in Chicago through May 10, part of a ...
