Maria Tallchief, member of the Osage Nation and the first prima ballerina, dances onto U.S. quarters
The image of Maria Tallchief, considered the country’s first prima ballerina, was put on the U.S. quarter this week. Born in 1925 in the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, she got her start as a dancer in ...
(CNN) — The Osage Ballet overlooks a creek in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian reservation. Before class, students can be found warming up with plies and battements, battering pointe shoes or ...
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 ...
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 ...
After reading Maria Tallchief's autobiography, Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina--written with Larry Kaplan--we can chalk up another victory for those scientists who claim that children born ...
For Native American Heritage Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we look back on the life of Maria Tallchief, an Osage Nation dancer who left an indelible mark on the world of ballet.
Fairfax, Okla., is a long way from the bright lights of Broadway. In 1925, the distance seemed even greater. But Maria Tallchief could feel music deep inside her. Something longed to express itself.
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