Ballet based in Los Angeles, from 1940 Bronislava Nijinska



maria tallchief in 1961.


maria tallchief (1925-2013) studied nijinska, through high school years . everyone, recalled tallchief, in awe of her. jumped , flashed around studio. under spell. despite luminous green eyes dressed plainly. husband translated. madame when sleep, sleep ballerina. on street waiting bus, stand ballerina. yet madame nijinska spoke. didn t have to. had incredible personal magnetism . first learned dancer s soul in middle of body . when ballets russes de monte carlo came perform in los angeles, ballet dancers came madame take lessons. , biggest star of all, alexandra danilova, gave nijinska roses when entered studio .


allegra kent (born 1937) recalls starting ballet lessons in 1949 when twelve. madame nijinska nice-looking woman in black lounge pajamas long cigarette holder . counted time ras, va, tri in russian. husband simultaneously translating said english. because of commanding presence in classes, world began , ended right there in moment. after year daughter irina nijinska, kent studied madame herself. learned not fear competing men , light of dance merely surface of sculpture-there mixture of steel , quicksilver @ heart.


work on memoirs

a manuscript of 180,000 words life left completed. following death in 1972, bronislava nijinska s daughter irina nijinska , jean rawlingson edited , translated russian text english. book memoirs published in 1981. these writings describe in detail years traveling in provincial russia dancer parents, brother vaslav s development dancer, schooling , first years professional in diaghilev era of russian ballet, , work assisting brother in choreography. during life, had published book , several articles on ballet.


full autobiographical story of own career, however, contained in set of memoirs, continuing 1914 close of [her memoirs]. left set of notebooks on ballet , other writings, remain unpublished. dance historian , critic lynn garafola said working on biography of nijinska.


bronislava nijinska died heart attack suffered on february 21, 1972 in pacific palisades, california.








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