Marjorie Tallchief was a Native American ballerina and the sister of acclaimed ballerina Maria Tallchief (1925–2013).Tallchief was a member of the Osage Nation who learned to dance as a child.
While her older sister became a sensation in the U.S. as prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet, Tallchief worked largely with European companies.
She toured the world with the Monaco-based troupes the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas in the 1940s and ‘50s before joining the Paris Opera Ballet.
Tallchief became the first American dancer named première danseuse étoile, or prima ballerina, of the Paris Opera Ballet. Later, Tallchief taught and served as a dance director, and she and her sister founded the.
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