Personal, family life Bronislava Nijinska

vaslav vatsa nijinsky in 1907, age 17.

during years , mid-twenties, bronislava nijinsky under strong influence of older brother vaslav nijinsky, brilliance became celebrated. both vatsa , broni trained start dancer parents. learned brother s example, preceded in childhood adventures, in ballet school, , on stage. when nijinsky came design first choreographies, nijinska ballet dancer assisted, following detailed instructions tried out new steps , innovative poses. 1912 marriage, however, shook artistic bond between brother , sister although supported 1914 season nijinsky in london.

nijinska married twice. first husband, alexandre kochetovsky, fellow dancer ballet busses. calls him sasha in memoirs. married in 1912, bore 2 children: daughter irina nijinska in 1913, , leon kochetovsky, son in 1919. year bronislava separated alexandre. during marriage in petrograd , in kiev, worked through years of war , revolution. 2 year later nijinska left soviet russia children , mother. divorced in 1924. son leon killed in traffic accident in 1935. daughter irina had become ballet dancer in own right, yet injured in same traffic collision. alexandre died of heart attack in houston, texas, @ age of 63.

a true love of life, whom did not marry, theatrical personality. last met in 1912. remained source of artistic inspiration. career paths had crossed several times, romance circumstances worked against them: russian opera singer, renowned basso, feodor chaliapin (1873–1938).

nijinska s second marriage in 1924 nicholas singaevsky, dancer ballets russes. during 4 decades together, worked in production , management, serving partner in staging various ballet productions. in america helped in translation. died in los angeles, california, in 1968, 4 years before her.

her estranged father tomasz [foma] nijinsky, whom had continued revere, died in russia in 1912. oldest brother stanislav (stassik), placed in sanitariums since 1902, died in russia in 1918. in 1921 mother eleanora bereda nijinska , 2 children, nijinska left russia. made way austria, meet brother, wife, , children. nijinska worked ballets russes, chiefly in paris , monte carlo, until 1925, , thereafter independently, on tour. bronislava remained close mother, until passing in 1932.

her older brother vaslav, married in 1913 , ballet career ended in 1917, lived many years in switzerland, died in sussex, uk, in 1950. vaslav survived wife , 2 daughters, kyra , tamara, additionally, tamara s daughter , kyra s son vaslav markevitch. kyra had danced aunt bronia in 1931.

upon passing of nicholas singaevsky, nijinska s husband, daughter irina nijinsky continued assist art world of ballet. after death in 1972, irina carried on mother s work included editing , translating memoirs, , seeing work publication. irina nijinska had been mother s rehearsal assistant. many years following death, stagings of ballet choreographies advanced irina.