Bronislava Nijinska (; ; , Bronislava Fominichna Nizhinskaya) ( — February 21, 1972) was a Polish dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Nijinska played a leading role in the pioneering movement that turned against 19th-century Classicism, which paved the way for neoclassical works to come. A breakthrough came in 1910, when she created her first solo, the role Papillon in Le Carnival.