Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina
Autobiography
By: Maria Tallchief
Date: 1997
Source: Tallchief, Maria, and Larry Kaplan. Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997, 185–190.
About the Artist: Maria Tallchief (1925–), ballerina and dance teacher, was a major force in bringing international fame and prestige to American ballet. Tallchief was born in Fairfax, Oklahoma, the daughter of an Osage chief. Her grandfather is credited with negotiating the Osage Treaty, which created the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma and resulted in oil revenues for some Osage people. Tallchief began dancing at age four. She studied with and was briefly married to legendary choreographer George Balanchine (1904–1983) of the New York City Ballet. She was its prima ballerina for eighteen years. Tallchief retired from dancing in 1965.
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