NIJINSKY, VASLAV

Meaning of NIJINSKY, VASLAV in English

Ni ‧ jin ‧ sky, Vas ‧ lav /nɪˈdʒɪnski, ˈvɑːtslɑːf/ BrE AmE

(1890–1950) a Russian ↑ ballet dancer who worked with the ballet producer ↑ Diaghilev and is regarded as one of the greatest male dancers ever

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NIJINSKY, VASLAV — orig. Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky born March 12, 1890, Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire died April 8, 1950, London, Eng. Russian ballet …
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NIJINSKY, VASLAV — born March 12 [Feb. 28, old style], 1890, Kiev died April 8, 1950, London Russian in full Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky …
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NIJINSKY, VASLAV — n. orig. Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky born March 12, 1890, Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire died April 8, 1950, London, Eng. Russian …
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NIJINSKY — /ni zhin"skee, -jin"-/ ; Russ. /nyi zhin"skyee/ , n. Vaslav or Waslaw /vah"sleuhf/ , 1890-1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NIJINSKY — biographical name Fomich 1890-1950 Russian dancer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIJINSKY — n. Bronislava Nijinsky (1891-1972), Russian-born choreographer of classical ballet who worked mostly in the USA from 1938
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NIJINSKY — biographical name Vas·lav ˈvät-släf Fomich 1890-1950 Russian dancer
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NIJINSKY — Nijinsky BrE AmE nɪ ˈdʒɪn t sk i nə-, -ˈʒɪn t sk- —Russian [ nʲɪ ˈʒɨn skʲɪj ]
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NIJINSKY — Ni ‧ jin ‧ sky, Vas ‧ lav /nɪˈdʒɪnski, ˈvɑːtslɑːf/ BrE AmE (1890–1950) a Russian ↑ ballet dancer who worked …
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NIJINSKY — Nijinsky
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIJINSKY — Nijinsky
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NIJINSKY — Nijinsky
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NIJINSKY — Nijinsky
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RAMBERT, DAME MARIE — orig. Cyvia Rambam born Feb. 20, 1888, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire died June 12, 1982, London, Eng. Polish-born English ballet …
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NIJINSKA, BRONISLAVA — orig. Bronislava Fominitshna Nizhinskaya born Jan. 8, 1891, Minsk, Russia died Feb. 21, 1972, Pacific Palisades, Calif., U.S. Russian-born U.S. …
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KARSAVINA, TAMARA (PLATONOVNA) — born March 9/10, 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia died May 26, 1978, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng. Russian-born British dancer. She trained at …
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BALLETS RUSSES — Ballet company founded in Paris in 1909 by Sergey Diaghilev . Considered the source of modern ballet, the company employed …
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BALLET
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PAS D'LVATION — (French: high steps), all jumping and leaping movements in classical ballet. The steps are admired for the height at which …
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EURYTHMICS — also spelled Eurhythmics, French Rythmique, harmonious bodily movement as a form of artistic expressionspecifically, the Dalcroze system of musical education …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: PERFORMING-ARTS
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KIRSTEIN, LINCOLN — born May 4, 1907, Rochester, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 5, 1996, New York, N.Y. in full Lincoln Edward Kirstein American …
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KARSAVINA, TAMARA PLATONOVNA — born March 9/10, 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia died May 26, 1978, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng. Anglo-Russian ballerina whose partnership with Vaslav …
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FOKINE, MICHEL — born April 23 [April 11, old style], 1880, St. Petersburg, Russia died Aug. 22, 1942, New York City original name …
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DIAGHILEV, SERGEY PAVLOVICH — born March 31 [March 19, Old Style], 1872, Novgorod province, Russia died Aug. 19, 1929, Venice, Italy Russian promoter of …
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IRONS, JEREMY — born Sept. 19, 1948, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Eng. British actor. He made his London stage debut in Godspell (1973) …
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HALO — I. ˈhā(ˌ)lō noun ( plural halos or haloes ) Etymology: Latin halos halo of the sun, from Greek halōs threshing …
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ENTRECHAT — (probably from Italian intrecciare: to weave, or to braid), jump in ballet, beginning in the fifth position, during which the …
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BALLET
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SAINT PETERSBURG — Russian Sankt Peterburg, formerly (191424) Petrograd, or (192491) Leningrad city, extreme northwestern Russia. It is one of the most beautiful …
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RUBINSTEIN, IDA — born 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia died Sept. 20, 1960, Vence, France exceptionally beautiful dancer, actress, and patron of the performing …
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RAMBERT, DAME MARIE — born Feb. 20, 1888, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire died June 12, 1982, London, Eng. married name Marie Dukes, original name …
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NUREYEV, RUDOLF (HAMETOVICH) — born March 17, 1938, Irkutsk, Russian S.F.S.R. died Jan. 6, 1993, Paris, France ballet dancer whose suspended leaps and fast …
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MASSINE, LONIDE — born Aug. 9 [July 28, Old Style], 1896, Moscow died March 15, 1979, Cologne, W.Ger. original name Leonid Fyodorovich Miassin …
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MARIINSKY BALLET — also spelled Maryinsky, Russian Mariinsky Balet, formerly (193591) Kirov Ballet prominent Russian ballet company, part of the Mariinsky Theatre of …
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KSCHESSINSKA, MATHILDE — born Aug. 19 [Aug. 31, New Style], 1872, Ligovo, near Peterhof [now Petrodvorets], Russia died Dec. 7, 1971, Paris, France …
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CECCHETTI, ENRICO — born June 21, 1850, Rome, Papal States died Nov. 13, 1928, Milan Italian ballet dancer and teacher noted for his …
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BIDART, FRANK — born 1939, California American poet whose introspective verse, notably dramatic monologues by troubled characters, deal with personal guilt, family life, …
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BALLETS RUSSES — ballet company founded in Paris in 1909 by the Russian impresario Sergey Diaghilev. The original company included the choreographer Michel …
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STRING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a string of failures (= a series of failures ) ▪ The team has …
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OVERCAME — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES overcame...shyness ▪ I overcame my shyness . COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN problem ▪ Skilful horsemanship …
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BALLET
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RAMBERT, DAME MARIE — orig. Cyvia Rambam born Feb. 20, 1888, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire died June 12, 1982, London, Eng. Polish-born English ballet …
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