maria tallchief

     

Balanchine choreographed the leading role in "Allegro Brillante" for this part-Osage Indian ex-wife

Trivia about maria tallchief

  • This ballerina was born on an Indian reservation in Fairfax, Oklahoma, in 1925
  • In 1980 Marjorie Tallchief helped this older sister found the Chicago City Ballet
  • When the ballet "Prodigal Son" was revived in 1950, this woman who was then Balanchine's wife played the siren
  • In 1953 she was given the title Wa-Xthe-Thomba, "woman of two worlds", in honor of her Osage heritage

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