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What tiny percent of the public ever heard of Maria Tallchief, Alexander Schneider or Katherine Dunham?
Robert J. Elisberg: Standing by Jerry Leiber (1933-2011) Robert J. Elisberg 2011
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Balanchine ' s exquisite choreography raised my heart to my throat: Maria Tallchief glittered as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Nicholas Magallanes made an elegant Cavalier, and Tanny LeClerq stole the show as the Dew Drop in ' Waltz of the Flowers, but I hardly noticed.
A Pia Catton 2010
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It contains more than 300 pages of neatly, if arbitrarily, organized facts, such as "3 Countries That Don't Take American Express" (Burma, Bhutan and North Korea) and "4 Prima Ballerinas You Need to Know" (Marie Taglioni, Anna Pavlova, Margot Fonteyn and Maria Tallchief).
The Titans Of Trivia 2008
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"Orpheus" (1948) featured Nicholas Magallanes, Francisco Moncion, and Maria Tallchief, George Balanchine's first wife and the ballerina who debuted the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Balanchine's "The Nutcracker."
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Instead, as Doug McGrath entertainingly showed in Infamous, Babe Paley, Slim Keith, and Truman Capote were trying to learn the dance that was all the talk, a dance that ballerina Maria Tallchief would teach to a dashing Russian defector named Rudolf Nureyev.
A Twist in Time Wolcott, James 2007
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Maria Tallchief took what had been a European art form, and made it America's own.
Remarks By President At National Medal Of Arts Awards ITY National Archives 1999
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So it's impossible to explain the radiance and grace of Maria Tallchief.
Remarks By President At National Medal Of Arts Awards ITY National Archives 1999
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Edward Albee, Benny Carter, Johnny Cash, Jack Lemmon, Maria Tallchief: five artists who have devoted their entire lives to enriching our lives.
President At Kennedy Center Honors Reception ITY National Archives 1996
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A great cultural ambassador, Maria Tallchief brought American ballet to the world -- even in dancing in Moscow at the height of the Cold War.
President At Kennedy Center Honors Reception ITY National Archives 1996
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Moreover, the two blocks the association embraces - between Central Park and Broadway - have been home to many celebrities who the association believes might also be deserving of street names: the ballet dancers Maria Tallchief and
NYT > Home Page By JOSEPH BERGER 2012
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