5 Facts About Vaslav Nijinsky

1. On Sunday, 9 January 1905, Vaslav Nijinsky was caught in the Bloody Sunday massacre in St Petersburg, where a group of petitioners led by Father Grapon attempted to present their petition to the Czar.

2. In 1904, at the age of 14, Vaslav Nijinsky was selected by the great choreographer Marius Petipa to dance a principal role in what proved to be the choreographer's last ballet, La Romance d'un Bouton de rose et d'un Papillon.

3. In 1900, Vaslav Nijinsky joined the Imperial Ballet School, where he initially studied dance under Sergei Legat and his brother Nikolai.

4. In 1913, Vaslav Nijinsky married Hungarian Romola de Pulszky while on tour with the company in South America.

5. At age nine Vaslav Nijinsky was accepted at the Imperial Ballet School in St Petersburg, the pre-eminent ballet school in the world.