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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.
Everything about Maria Tallchief →- Occupation
- ballet dancer, theatre manager, dancer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 24, 1925
- Died
- April 11, 2013