| Bronislava Nijinska (1891 - 1972) was a
Russian dancer, choreographer, and teacher of Polish descent, also known as
Bronislava Fominitshna Nizhinskaya, in Polish language:
Bronisława Niżyńska.
Nijinska (the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky) was a member of the
Mariinsky ballet and the
Ballets Russes from whom she choreographed her best known works Les
Noces (1923), The Blue Train (1924) and
Les Biches (1924).
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