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50+ Music @[email protected] · 2026-04-11 · 20:43 UTC

On 11 Apr 2013: #MariaTallchief, Native American-Osage prima #ballerina (The Nutcracker), first Native American prima ballerina and America's first major prima ballerina, died from broken hip complications at 88.
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Flipboard @[email protected] · 2024-11-22 · 18:15 UTC

When will someone make a biopic about Maria Tallchief, America’s first prima ballerina? A member of the Osage nation, she was key to the success of the New York City Ballet, danced with Ballet Russe (which tried to make her change her last name to Tolchieva) and became the highest paid ballerina in the world. Tallchief once said a ballerina “takes steps given to her and makes them her own.” Learn more about her in this story from @TheConversationUS

https://theconversation.com/75-years-ago-maria-tallchief-made-the-ballet-world-reimagine-itself-and-find-a-place-for-a-native-american-prima-ballerina-241205

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Flipboard Culture Desk @[email protected] · 2024-11-20 · 18:58 UTC

It's almost exactly 75 years since prima ballerina Maria Tallchief took to the stage in the New York City Ballet's premiere of "Firebird." Tallchief recalls in her memoir, "America's First Prima Ballerina," that at the end of the performance, the New York City Center sounded like a football stadium after somebody had made a touchdown. Tallchief, who was a member of the Osage nation, went on to become the highest paid ballerina in the world.

For @TheConversationUS, Shannon Toll writes about her achievements, both in ballet, and in defying expectations of what Indigenous people could achieve in spite of the era's hostile legislation.

https://flip.it/ahv8ZB

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