Maria Tallchief Picture Gallery
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Maria Tallchief 1944
Maria Tallchief 1944
Getty Images / Hulton Archive / Constance Bannister Corp
In this 1944 photograph, Maria Tallchief is shown at about the time that she joined the Ballet Russe as protege of George Balanchine, at the beginning of her career as America's first prima ballerina.
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