• Maria Tallchief (born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief (𐓏𐒰𐓐𐒿𐒷-𐓍𐓂𐓄𐒰 "Two-Standards"; Osage family name: Ki He Kah Stah Tsa...
  • Maria Tallchief, the star of the 20th-century American dance world, was the first Indigenous American ballerina.
  • Maria Tallchief was the first Native American (Osage Tribe) woman to break into ballet. Tallchief grew up in Los Angeles, California...
  • Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief was born January 24, 1925 in Fairfax, Oklahoma. ... She refused and continued to perform as Maria Tallchief.
  • But Tallchief refused and insisted on dancing as Maria Tallchief, keeping her Osage name, according to a biography of the ballerina by the School of American...
  • Maria Tallchief was born on 24 January 1925 in Fairfax, Oklahoma, USA. ... Maria Tallchief with the Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo 10/29/45.
  • Maria Tallchief blew the ballet world away with her exceptional talent — becoming America’s first major Prima Ballerina and a glistening example for Native...
  • However, she refused and kept performing as Maria Tallchief. She became the first American to dance with the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947.
  • Maria Tallchief was a ballet dancer whose exquisite technique was enhanced by her energy, speed, and grace.
  • At the suggestion of choreographer Agnes de Mille, who felt her first name was too common, she used her middle name, going by “Maria Tallchief” on stage.