Maria Tallchief
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- Born on January 24, 1925 in Fairfax (Oklahoma), she studied
in Los Angeles with Lichine and Nijinska.
She was also gifted for music but had to stop playing the piano
when she joined the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo in 1942.
- She got married with George Balanchine
in 1946 and premiered many of his ballets (see below). They
divorced in 1952.
- In 1947, she danced Serenade,
Apollo and Le Baiser
de la fée
at the Paris Opera.
- She won the Dance Magazine Award in 1960 and the Capezio
Award in 1965.
- She was a principal dancer of the
New York City Ballet.
- She premiered: