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Maria Tallchief. Elizabeth Marie Tallchief ( 𐓏𐒰𐓐𐒿𐒷-𐓍𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 "Two-Standards"; Osage family name: Ki He Kah Stah Tsa, Osage script: 𐒼𐒱𐒹𐒻𐒼𐒰-𐓆𐓈𐒷𐓊𐒷; January 24, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was a Plains Indian ballerina. She was America's first, major, prima ballerina. The first Osage Tribe member to hold the rank, she was said to have revolutionized ballet.
Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, nota come Maria Tallchief (Fairfax, 24 gennaio 1925 – Chicago, 11 aprile 2013), è stata una ballerina statunitense, considerata una delle prime grandi ballerine statunitensi
2 apr 2014 · Maria Tallchief was the first Native American (Osage Tribe) woman to break into ballet. Tallchief grew up in Los Angeles, California, where she studied ballet for many years.
10 apr 2024 · Maria Tallchief was a ballet dancer whose exquisite technique was enhanced by her energy, speed, and grace. Considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the United States, she was also the muse of choreographer George Balanchine. Born in a town on an Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma, Maria.
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Tallchief not only broke barriers for Native Americans, she also became one of the only American dancers of her era recognized as a reigning prima ballerina and international superstar. Tallchief died on April 11, 2013.
He stated, “Maria Tallchief took what had been a European art form, and made it America's own. How fitting that a Native American woman would do that. With magic,...
12 apr 2013 · Maria Tallchief, a daughter of an Oklahoma oil family who grew up on an Indian reservation, found her way to New York and became one of the most brilliant American ballerinas of the 20th century,...
