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nijinsky, vaslav

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Ni·jin·sky   (nĭ-zhĭn'skē, -jĭn'-)   
Russian-born dancer and choreographer noted for his leading roles with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris and for his choreography of The Rites of Spring (1913) and other ballets.
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Nijinsky, Vaslav [(ni-jin-skee, ni-zhin-skee)]

A Russian ballet dancer, widely considered to have been one of the best male dancers of the twentieth century.

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