Tallchief

[ tawl-cheef ]

noun

1. Maria, 1925–2013, U.S. ballet dancer.

Example Sentences

New York City Ballet’s 2024-25 season will feature earlier curtain times, fewer intermissions and a tribute to the great American ballerina Maria Tallchief, the company announced on Monday.

From New York Times

“He seemed like a child himself when he was choreographing,” wrote Maria Tallchief, the original Sugarplum in City Ballet’s production, in 1954, in her autobiography.

From New York Times

Museum officials say the Five Moons statue of Marjorie Tallchief was probably removed Thursday from its plinth outside the Tulsa Historical Society, the Tulsa World reported.

From Washington Post

It was in Beverly Hills that Maria made the adjustment from Tall Chief to Tallchief.

From New York Times

“Maria Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina” The trailblazing Native American dance artist who died in 2013 is celebrated in this virtual exhibit presented by the National Women’s History Museum in Washington, D.C.

From Los Angeles Times