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[Dance] Nijinska, Bronislava. (ca. 1891–1972) [Lifar, Serge. (1905–1986)]. Signed Photograph to Serge Lifar. Signed sepia photograph of Nijinska, arms folded, seated in a chair at the foot of an ornate bed. Signed and inscribed to her student, the great dancer Serge Lifar, "A cher Serge / Bron. 1966 / [Nilosse?] 28 Mai / Paris." 6.5 x 9 cm. From the estate of Serge Lifar. In fine condition, an extraordinary association.
Bronislava Nijinska was a Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher of Polish descent. Nijinska was born in Minsk, the third child of the Polish dancers Tomasz and Eleonora Nijinska (née Bereda). Her brother was Vaslav Nijinsky. Nijinska was a member of the Imperial Ballet and then the Ballets Russes, for whom she choreographed her best known works, Les Noces (1923), The Blue Train (1924), and Les Biches (1924). She also choreographed the dances (to Felix Mendelssohn’s music) for Max Reinhardt’s 1935 fi lm version of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her students included the prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and the dancer Cyd Charisse. Nijinska was inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 1994.
Serge Lifar, important choreographer and dancer in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later became director of the Paris Opera Ballet (1929) and there created over 50 ballets, including the path-breaking "Icare" (1935), which was written to be danced without music.
Bronislava Nijinska was a Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher of Polish descent. Nijinska was born in Minsk, the third child of the Polish dancers Tomasz and Eleonora Nijinska (née Bereda). Her brother was Vaslav Nijinsky. Nijinska was a member of the Imperial Ballet and then the Ballets Russes, for whom she choreographed her best known works, Les Noces (1923), The Blue Train (1924), and Les Biches (1924). She also choreographed the dances (to Felix Mendelssohn’s music) for Max Reinhardt’s 1935 fi lm version of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her students included the prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and the dancer Cyd Charisse. Nijinska was inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 1994.
Serge Lifar, important choreographer and dancer in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later became director of the Paris Opera Ballet (1929) and there created over 50 ballets, including the path-breaking "Icare" (1935), which was written to be danced without music.
[Dance] Nijinska, Bronislava. (ca. 1891–1972) [Lifar, Serge. (1905–1986)]. Signed Photograph to Serge Lifar. Signed sepia photograph of Nijinska, arms folded, seated in a chair at the foot of an ornate bed. Signed and inscribed to her student, the great dancer Serge Lifar, "A cher Serge / Bron. 1966 / [Nilosse?] 28 Mai / Paris." 6.5 x 9 cm. From the estate of Serge Lifar. In fine condition, an extraordinary association.
Bronislava Nijinska was a Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher of Polish descent. Nijinska was born in Minsk, the third child of the Polish dancers Tomasz and Eleonora Nijinska (née Bereda). Her brother was Vaslav Nijinsky. Nijinska was a member of the Imperial Ballet and then the Ballets Russes, for whom she choreographed her best known works, Les Noces (1923), The Blue Train (1924), and Les Biches (1924). She also choreographed the dances (to Felix Mendelssohn’s music) for Max Reinhardt’s 1935 fi lm version of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her students included the prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and the dancer Cyd Charisse. Nijinska was inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 1994.
Serge Lifar, important choreographer and dancer in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later became director of the Paris Opera Ballet (1929) and there created over 50 ballets, including the path-breaking "Icare" (1935), which was written to be danced without music.
Bronislava Nijinska was a Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher of Polish descent. Nijinska was born in Minsk, the third child of the Polish dancers Tomasz and Eleonora Nijinska (née Bereda). Her brother was Vaslav Nijinsky. Nijinska was a member of the Imperial Ballet and then the Ballets Russes, for whom she choreographed her best known works, Les Noces (1923), The Blue Train (1924), and Les Biches (1924). She also choreographed the dances (to Felix Mendelssohn’s music) for Max Reinhardt’s 1935 fi lm version of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her students included the prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and the dancer Cyd Charisse. Nijinska was inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 1994.
Serge Lifar, important choreographer and dancer in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later became director of the Paris Opera Ballet (1929) and there created over 50 ballets, including the path-breaking "Icare" (1935), which was written to be danced without music.