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 ...

By Meryl Cates The ballerina Maria Tallchief was having dinner with her husband, the choreographer George Balanchine, at the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan when the impresario Sol Hurok approached ...

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. Tallchief was a member of the Osage Nation and a trailblazer in the Native American community who left an indelible mark on ballet history as America's first prima ballerina.

Despite assumptions to the contrary, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief showed that Indigenous people could not just exceed the standards of Western arts but also set new ones, writes associate professor ...

The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Shannon Toll, University of Dayton (THE CONVERSATION) Prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan on Nov. 27, 1949, preparing to take the stage in the New York City Balle ...