Maria Tallchief ✓

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Native American ballerina (1925–2013)

About Maria Tallchief

Maria Tallchief, born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, was an Osage ballerina. She was America's first major prima ballerina and the first Native American to hold the rank. Together with Georgian-American choreographer George Balanchine, she is widely considered to have revolutionized American ballet.

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A ballerina takes steps given to her and makes them her own. Each individual brings something different to the same role, Ballerina
Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American… All
What's important is that I'm working with very talented young people. Dance

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