Marjorie Tallchief

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v. l. No. Maria Tallchief, Yvonne Chouteau, Moscelyne Larkin.
v. l. No. Marjorie Tallchief, Rosella Hightower.

Marjorie Tallchief (born October 19, 1926 in Denver , Colorado ) is a former American ballerina of the Osage Indians. She is the younger sister of Maria Tallchief and was the first Indian woman to appear as "première danseuse étoile" at the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris .

origin

Tallchief's parents were Alexander Tall Chief and his wife Ruth (née Porter), who were very wealthy due to the Osage's oil income. Marjorie Tallchief grew up in Fairfax , Oklahoma . The family moved to Los Angeles in 1933 , where Tallchief took ballet lessons with her sister. She danced with Bronislava Nijinska and David Lichine , among others .

Dance career

After her training, Tallchief was with the American Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1946-47), the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas (1948-55), Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet (1958-62) and the Harkness Ballet (as a prima ballerina) , 1964-66). Her appearances in Night Shadow (1950), Annabel Lee (1951), Idylle (1954), Romeo and Juliet (1955), and Giselle (1957) are well known.

Honors

Marjorie Tallchief was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1991 and honored as the Oklahoma Treasures at the Governor's Arts Awards in 1997 along with her sister Maria Tallchief, Moscelyne Larkin , Rosella Hightower and Yvonne Chouteau . The bronze sculpture The Five Moons also depicts them together.

Personal

Marjorie Tallchief has two children with her husband George Skibine . The couple live in Boca Raton , Florida .

Filmography

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Short, Candy Franklin. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture . "Marjorie Tallchief."
  2. ↑ a b c Profile of Marjorie Tallchief, Oklahoma State University library archives ( memento of the original from August 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / digital.library.okstate.edu
  3. ↑ Oklahoma's Indian Ballerinas To Be Honored as Treasures . Tulsa World . October 8, 1997. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Tallchief, Marjorie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tall Chief, Marjorie Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ballet dancer of Native American origin
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver