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At what point did Vaslav Nijinsky become interested in ballet?
She persuaded a friend from the Wielki Theatre, Victor Stanislas Gillert, who was at the time teaching at the Imperial Ballet School, to help get Vaslav into the school.

Question: What influences did he have to get him interested in ballet?
Self-contained rewrite: What influences did Vaslav Nijinsky have to get him interested in ballet?