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“... Bronislava Nijinska was born in 1892, not just in a trunk, but very nearly on stage at the Opera Theatre in Minsk. Her father danced with her mother in Act One of Glinka’s A Life for the Czar. During Act Two Eleanora Nijinska was taken to hospital and another dancer took her place ...”

“... year before Diaghilev’s death and the demise of the Ballets Russes, Ashton went to Paris to join Bronislava Nijinska’s new troupe, which was financed by Ida Rubinstein, a wealthy Russian dilettante with dancing pretensions. His apprenticeship under Nijinska was crucial; and when, the following year, she ...”