Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (born 1890)

Vaslav Nijinsky

Russian dancer and choreographer (1889–1950)

Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish ancestry. He is regarded as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century. He is often associated with the Ballets Russes and its impresario Sergei Diaghilev, for which he choreographed such…