The role of the sacrificial victim was to have been danced by Nijinsky's sister, Bronislava Nijinska; when she became pregnant during rehearsals, she was replaced by the then relatively unknown Maria Piltz.
O papel da vítima do sacrificio ía ser bailado pola irmá de Nizhinskii, Bronislava Nizhinska; pero quedou embarazada durante os ensaios e foi substituída pola relativamente descoñecida Maria Piltz.