In which year did the great Russian ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky die?
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Vaslav Nijinsky company would suffer if people saw their performance only in the short jerky films of the period. On 11 June 2011, Poland’s first sculpture of the Polish/Russian dancers, Vaslav Nijinsky and his sister Bronislava Nijinska, was unveiled in the Teatr Wielki’s foyer. It portrays them in their roles as the Faun and the Nymph from the ballet "L’après-midi d’un faune." Commissioned by the Polish National Ballet, the sculpture was made in bronze by the well-known Ukrainian sculptor Giennadij Jerszow. Nijinsky was also portrayed by Auguste Rodin. It was cast posthumously in 1912, Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav Nijinsky (also Vatslav; ; ;