Maria Tallchief, an Osage dancer from Oklahoma known as "America's first prima ballerina" is the latest in the line of Inspiring Women to be immortalized as a Barbie doll. In celebration of Native ...

Maria Tallchief performing 'Firebird' at the New York City Ballet on Sept. 19, 1963. Jack Mitchell / Archive Photos via Getty Images On Nov. 27, 1949, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her ...

On Nov. 27, 1949, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan, preparing to take the stage in the New York City Ballet’s premiere of ...

Oklahoma native Maria Tallchief became the first American prima ballerina, breaking barriers by receiving the highest title a dancer could be awarded. Choreographer Ken von Heidecke, a former dancer, ...

Tallchief, who died in 2013, was America's first prima ballerina, and her daughter, Elise Paschen, tells PEOPLE how "exciting" it is to see her mother memorialized as a Barbie Maria Tallchief is a ...

Ballet’s glorious past and new ways of melding choreography and cinema make up the second annual “Dance on Camera” festival, being held this weekend at the Circle Cinema. Two separate programs will be ...

Fancy Dancer is a world premiere musical by Larissa FastHorse that explores a young woman's quest for identity and belonging through dance, inspired by the life of Osage ballerina Maria Tallchief. The ...

On Nov. 27, 1949, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan, preparing to take the stage in the New York City Ballet’s premiere of ...