Mattel's Barbie has released a new doll paying tribute to America's first prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief. Born in 1925 on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma, Tallchief took her first ballet lesson at age 3. At 17, Tallchief joined the famed Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in New York City. Later, she became the first American to dance with the Paris Opera Ballet and eventually became a muse of choreographer George Balanchine. It was Balanchine who bestowed the title of prima ballerina on Tallchief a
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Mattel's Barbie has released a new doll paying tribute to America's first prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief. Born in 1925 on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma, Tallchief took her first ballet lesson at age 3. At 17, Tallchief joined the famed Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in New York City. Later, she became the first American to dance with the Paris Opera Ballet and eventually became a muse of choreographer George Balanchine. It was Balanchine who bestowed the title of prima ballerina on Tallchief a
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