Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief

Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief 

Born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief to an Osage Nation father, she became an eventually well-know ballerina. In 1947 Maria began dancing with the New York City Ballet until her retirement in 1965. Soon after she founded the Chicago City Ballet and remained it’s artistic director for many years. Since 1997 she has been an adviser in the Chicago dance schools and continues to astound future dancers with her always-ahead-of-her-skill abilities and will be featured in a PBS special from 2007-2010.

Andre Eglevsky and Maria Tallchief in Act 2 ‘Swan Lake’ (1954)

This is film of Andre Eglevsky and Maria Tallchief performing part of Act 2 of ‘Swan Lake’ in 1954.