Kyra Nijinsky was a ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1914 in Vienna, who died in 1998.
Biography
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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