Kyra Nijinsky, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kyra Nijinsky

ballet dancer of Polish and Hungarian ancestry and Russian dance heritage

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1913

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1998

Profession: ballet dancer, dancer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Kyra Nijinsky

  • Kyra Vaslavovna Nijinsky (19 June 1914 – 1 September 1998), was a ballet dancer of Polish and Hungarian ancestry, with a Russian dance and cultural heritage.
  • She was the daughter of Vaslav Nijinsky and the niece of Bronislava Nijinska.
  • In the 1930s she appeared in ballets mounted by Ida Rubinstein, Max Reinhardt, Marie Rambert, Frederick Ashton, Antony Tudor. Her father Vaslav (1889-1950) was a world-renowned dancer with the Ballets Russes in Paris.
  • Her aunt Bronia (1891-1972) also excelled in dance and was a leading choreographer, initially with Ballets Russes.
  • Her mother Romola de Pulszky was a socialite and author.
  • Romola's mother, Kyra's grandmother, was Emilia Márkus, a popular Hungarian actress. Kyra was born to Romola and Vaslav in Vienna.

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