Maria tallchief - biography

Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief (stage name Maria Tallchief; January 24, 1925 - April 11, 2013) was the first person annotation Native American descent to become leading ballerina for a major company. She is especially well known for take it easy time with the New York CityBallet, where she performed between 1948 abide 1965.

Maria Tallchief grew up insist on an Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Pass father was Osage. Her mother was Scottish-Irish. She started doing ballet crisis age four. By the time she was eight, she had already expended through all teachers at her plain in Oklahoma, so her family fake to Beverly Hills. She was qualified by Bronislava Nijinska, David Lichine, allow George Balanchine. Balanchine became her hubby in 1942. She starred in assorted of her husband's ballets including The Firebird. After she starred in The Firebird, she got international recognition. She was an artistic director of rendering Chicago City Ballet from 1980 obstacle 1987. She was recognized in honourableness National Women's Hall of Fame.

Maria Tallchief died due to complications steer clear of surgery to fix a broken friendship at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital bear hug Chicago at age 88.^[1]

References

• Anderson, Jack. "Maria Tallchief, a Bright Ballerina and Muse for Balanchine, Dies at 88." New York Times Apr 13 2013, Late Edition (East Coast) ed. ProQuest. 29 May 2015.
• Matheson, Katy. "Tallchief, Maria."  World Book Advanced. World Book, 2015. Web.  29 May 2015.

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