Nina Semyonovna Youshkevitch was a Franco-Russian ballet dancer and teacher.
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16 Facts About Nina Youshkevitch
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Nina Youshkevitch studied at the Ecole du Louvre; and graduated in piano from the Conservatoire de Paris.
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Nina Youshkevitch was a protegee of Bronislava Nijinska, who in 1930 brought her into the corps de ballet of the Opera Russe a Paris.
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In 1934, Nina Youshkevitch joined the Theatre de la Danse Nijinska where she made her debut as La Dame en Bleu in the ballet Les Biches; performed as the Bride in Le Baiser de la Fee; and danced en travesti among the men in Nijinska's Bolero.
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Nina Youshkevitch danced the role of the Principal Nymph in Vaslav Nijinsky's L'Apres-midi d'un faune; appeared as Action in Leonide Massine's Les Presages; and played leading roles in Massine's Les Contes Russes and in Michel Fokine's Carnaval and Les Sylphides.
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Nina Youshkevitch followed her mentor, Nijinska, to Poland in 1937, where the latter founded the Balet Polski aka Les Ballets Polonais aka The Polish Ballets.
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Nina Youshkevitch remained with the company after Nijinska's departure, performing with them at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.
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Nina Youshkevitch appeared as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, sponsored by the San Francisco Russian Opera and Ballet Association in 1945.
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Nina Youshkevitch founded her own concert group called The Nina Youshkevitch Ballet Workshop, in New York City.
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Nina Youshkevitch opened her own dance school, called the Nina Youshkevitch Ballet Workshop, in New York City in 1978; and continued to teach there until shortly before her death.
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In 1990, Nina Youshkevitch assisted Irina Nijinska, in reviving the Bride's Variation from Le Baiser de la Fee, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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In 1995, working from notations, Nina Youshkevitch revived Bronislava Nijinska's ballet Bolero for the Oakland Ballet, in California.
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Nina Youshkevitch was preparing to stage the full Chopin Concerto for the Oakland Ballet when she died.
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Nina Youshkevitch married Robert Johnson, and they had one son, who in 1998 was dance critic for The Newark Star-Ledger.
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Nina Youshkevitch died in Manhattan, at Roosevelt Hospital, on 3 November 1998.
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