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Vaslav Nijinsky

1889 - 1950

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Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky (; Russian: Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, romanized: Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, IPA: [ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj]; Polish: Wacław Niżyński, IPA: [ˈvatswaf ɲiˈʐɨj̃skʲi]; 12 March 1889/1890 – 8 April 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish ancestry. He is regarded as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century. Nijinsky was celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterizations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vaslav Nijinsky has received more than 1,360,047 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Vaslav Nijinsky is the 6th most popular dancer, the 30th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Dancer.

Vaslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. He is most famous for his performance in the ballet "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Vaslav Nijinsky ranks 6 out of 116. Before him are Mata Hari, Isadora Duncan, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, and Josephine Baker. After him are Pina Bausch, Bobby Farrell, Marius Petipa, Marie Taglioni, Maurice Béjart, and Margot Fonteyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Vaslav Nijinsky ranks 13. Before him are Jean Cocteau, Edwin Hubble, Paul Karrer, Ante Pavelić, Anna Akhmatova, and Arnold J. Toynbee. After him are Manuel II of Portugal, Igor Sikorsky, Idris of Libya, Gabriel Marcel, Gabriela Mistral, and Carl von Ossietzky. Among people deceased in 1950, Vaslav Nijinsky ranks 6. Before him are George Orwell, George Bernard Shaw, Gustaf V of Sweden, Joseph Schumpeter, and Johannes V. Jensen. After him are Albert Lebrun, Heinrich Mann, Willis Carrier, Marcel Mauss, Norman Haworth, and Vallabhbhai Patel.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vaslav Nijinsky ranks 30 out of 1,365. Before him are Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Ludwig von Mises (1881), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), and Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916). After him are Edgar de Wahl (1867), Sergei Korolev (1906), Wilhelm Reich (1897), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Moshe Sharett (1894), and Grigory Zinoviev (1883).

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Among DANCERS In Ukraine

Among dancers born in Ukraine, Vaslav Nijinsky ranks 1. After him are Serge Lifar (1904), Olga Khokhlova (1891), Natalia Dudinskaya (1912), Svetlana Zakharova (1979), Sergei Polunin (1989), and Masha Dashkina Maddux (1986).

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