Pioneer of abstraction: Bronislava Nijinska’s life becomes a ballet

The Ballets Russes perform Les Noces (Svadebka) at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 1923

Avatâra Ayuso rehearsing Nijinska, Secreto de la Vangardia, Ballet de Santiago

Nijinska as the Humming Bird Princess in The Sleeping Princess, 1921

Avatâra Ayuso

Elmhurst Ballet School in Avatâra Ayuso's Bronislava

Design of Nijinsky for Avatâra Ayuso's Nijinska, Secreto de la Vanguardia

Avatâro Ayuso rehearsing Ballet de Santiago in Nijinska, Secreto de la Vanguardia

Design from Nijinska, Secreto de la Vangardia for Nijinska by Jorge "Chino" Gonzalez

Ida Rubinstein dances in Nijinska’s Boléro in 1928, to music by Ravel

By Fátima Nollén, 26 June 2023

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Fátima Nollén

Fátima is an Argentine TV and radio journalist who has worked in Argentina, Brazil, the US and the UK. She graduated as a dance teacher and started to write about ballet and dance while developing her journalistic career covering politics and international relations. Fátima is an Emmy Award winner (Telemundo-NBC), is the winner of a scholarship by Argentina’s Fondo Nacional de las Artes and served as a jury member in numerous dance contests. She has written for Dancing times, BalletinDance, Danza Hoy En Español and continues to do so for La Nación newspaper (Argentina) and The Tablet (UK). She is a member of the UK Critics’ Circle and chairwoman of the Anglo-Argentine Society.

Pioneer of abstraction: Avatâra Ayuso turns Bronislava Nijinska’s life into a ballet