Bronislava Nijinska

Bronislava Nijinska (Belarusian:Браніслава Ніжынская; Polish:Bronisława Niżyńska; Russian:Бронисла́ва Фоми́нична Нижи́нская, Bronislava Fominichna Nizhinskaya) (January 8, 1891 [O.S. December 27, 1890] — February 21, 1972) was a Polish dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Nijinska played a leading role in the pioneering movement that turned against 19th-century Classicism, which paved the way for neoclassical works to come. A breakthrough came in 1910, when she created her first solo, the role of Papillon in Le Carnival.