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Bronislava Nijinska

1891 - 1972

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Bronislava Nijinska (; Polish: Bronisława Niżyńska [brɔɲiˈswava ɲiˈʐɨj̃ska]; Russian: Бронисла́ва Фоми́нична Нижи́нская, romanized: Bronisláva Fomínična Nižínskaja; Belarusian: Браніслава Ніжынская, romanized: Branislava Nižynskaja; January 8, 1891 [O.S. December 27, 1890] – February 21, 1972) was a Russian ballet dancer of Polish origin, and an innovative choreographer. She came of age in a family of traveling, professional dancers.Her own career began in Saint Petersburg. Soon she joined Ballets Russes which ventured to success in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bronislava Nijinska has received more than 221,360 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Bronislava Nijinska is the 23rd most popular dancer (up from 30th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 50th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Dancer.

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  • 59.54

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Bronislava Nijinska ranks 23 out of 76Before her are Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, Galina Ulanova, Alicia Alonso, Tamara Karsavina, and Serge Lifar. After her are Izumo no Okuni, Liane de Pougy, Mary Wigman, Carlo Blasis, La Goulue, and Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Bronislava Nijinska ranks 39Before her are Michael Chekhov, Pier Luigi Nervi, Cole Porter, Hans Reichenbach, Max Amann, and Otto Rasch. After her are Anton Dostler, Grant Wood, Michael Polanyi, Antonio Segni, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, and Moïse Kisling. Among people deceased in 1972, Bronislava Nijinska ranks 39Before her are Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Henri Coandă, Karl Silberbauer, Natalie Clifford Barney, Fredric Brown, and Lale Andersen. After her are Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Louis Leakey, S. R. Ranganathan, Said bin Taimur, Hans Scharoun, and Antonio Segni.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Bronislava Nijinska ranks 38 out of 330Before her are Stanisław Moniuszko (1819), Isser Harel (1912), Rogneda of Polotsk (966), Yakub Kolas (1882), Zhores Alferov (1930), and Elena Glinskaya (1510). After her are Nikolay Krestinsky (1883), Olga Korbut (1955), Sophia of Minsk (1140), Ivan Yakubovsky (1912), Aleksei Antonov (1896), and Marek Edelman (1922).

Among DANCERS In Belarus

Among dancers born in Belarus, Bronislava Nijinska ranks 1