Flipboard Culture Desk on Nostr: It's almost exactly 75 years since prima ballerina Maria Tallchief took to the stage ...

It's almost exactly 75 years since prima ballerina Maria Tallchief took to the stage in the New York City Ballet's premiere of "Firebird." Tallchief recalls in her memoir, "America's First Prima Ballerina," that at the end of the performance, the New York City Center sounded like a football stadium after somebody had made a touchdown. Tallchief, who was a member of the Osage nation, went on to become the highest paid ballerina in the world.

For nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqcy06su88dl9crjvthx56mdpgd0m9dauplnjf58rvcqynj6p8uygqeaet2z (nprofile…et2z), Shannon Toll writes about her achievements, both in ballet, and in defying expectations of what Indigenous people could achieve in spite of the era's hostile legislation.

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