Tallchief
Americannoun
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“He seemed like a child himself when he was choreographing,” wrote Maria Tallchief, the original Sugarplum in City Ballet’s production, in 1954, in her autobiography.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022
Nor will it ever be too late to encounter Wilma Rudolph or Maria Tallchief.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2021
Marjorie Tallchief said that in Europe, newspapers mentioned she was Osage, but she thought it was a different treatment than her sister might have experienced in the States.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
The only season in which Hightower, Larkin and Marjorie Tallchief were together in Col.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
The Osage have long been linked to the world of classical dance, having produced two of the greatest ballerinas, the sisters Maria and Marjorie Tallchief.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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