Maria Tallchief (January 24, 1925) was an American ballerina. From 1942 to 1947 she danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, but she is best known for her time with the New York City Ballet from 1947 to 1965. She was born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief in Fairfax, Oklahoma on January 24, 1925, to an Osage Nation father and a Scots-Irish mother. Her father was a chief of the tribe Osage. Wikipedia
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Maria Tallchief was born Betty Marie Tallchief on an Indian reservation in Oklahoma , her father an Osage Indian, and her mother of Irish and Scottish descent. She spent the first eight years of her life in the Osage Hills near Tulsa, Oklahoma . The fam everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=549221
Maria Tallchief has been recognized as the most accomplished ballerina to come out of the United States. She has studied with such notable dance teachers and choreographers as Bronislava Nijinska and George Balanchine. Her uniqueness and her outstanding www.historyswomen.com/historyinthemaking/MariaTallchief.html
Of Osage Native American blood. Credits St. Exupery with her favorite quote: "If anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away". Prima ballerina. Acknowledged www.imdb.com/name/nm0848126/
Tallchief surprised the world by announcing her retirement in 1965. She had no intention of dancing past her considerable prime. She now wanted to pass her love and respect for her art to younger dancers. She became the artistic director and beloved te www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=show...
One of the greatest American ballerinas of the 20th century, Tallchief joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as a member of the corps in 1942. From the Osage Tribe, she was another of the five American Indian ballerinas from Oklahoma to dance with the B www.revolvergroup.com/balletsrusses/tallchieff.html