#Maria Tallchief

[swanlake1998]

‎♡₊˚ 🦢・₊✧happy 100th birthday maria tallchief‎♡₊˚ 🦢・₊✧

[forever70s]

Maria Tallchief, first Native American (Osage) prima ballerina, looking over mementos of her dance career in 1971

[balanchine-ballet-master]

Francisco Moncion as Coffee, Tanaquil Le Clercq as Dew Drop, and Maria Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy, City Center, 1954. Balanchine's original Coffee variation was for a man.

Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt

[barbielore]

Every time I do one of these I straight-up forget what tag I decided on for these posts...

Now we're into December I thought I would do another new release round-up post! These posts are just to talk about any of the recent Barbie Signature collector doll releases I feel I have an opinion on - even if that opinion is just "I think this looks cool".

Also sometimes I discuss the releases in a weird order, because I will sometimes just get tunnel visioned on a certain doll and then not include another that is deserving of discussion.

Anyway.

There are two recent celebrity likeness dolls released: one in the Inspiring Women series and the other in the Tribute Collection. The difference between these two series is relatively subtle: in Mattel's words, the Tribute Collection honours "visionaries whose incredible contributions have helped shape and impact culture", while the Inspiring Women line celebrates "trailblazing women throughout history".

The Inspiring Women newest release is Maria Tallchief, both America's first prima ballerina and, as an Osage woman, the first Native American prima ballerina. Her outfit, as pictured above, was based on her debut in The Firebird.

The Tribute Collection doll celebrates Rita Moreno, EGOT winner and, of course, Anita from the 1961 West Side Story film and Valentina from the 2021 West Side Story.

The only designer credited on Mattel's website is Javi Meabe, but according to some sources, like this PopInsider article, Moreno herself had a key role in the design. Moreno shared the doll on Instagram with a very appreciative caption.

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Besides these two celebrity dolls, the other big news from the Barbie Signature line is the release of the collectible MyScene dolls.

Specifically Chelsea, Barbie and Madison.

For some reason, I've never done a post about MyScene. I think because the line totally missed me when it first came out and I never had any kind of investment in it.

[madlysage]

the way maria tallchief was THE FIRST major american prima ballerina while being an openly indigenous woman in the 1940s and 50s! Go my osage queen!!!! we need to talk about her more she means everything to me

[doodleswiki]

Maria Tallchief turns 100 today! The doodle honoring her was shown on November 14th, 2020.

[hibiscusbabyboy]

1950s Balletcore

[cgclarkphoto]

Icy cold -  cg photography

[travsd]

The Maria Tallchief Centennial

Once in a blue moon, the subject of one of our centennial posts is being celebrated elsewhere. Maria Tallchief (1925-2013) is being remembered in a program of dances associated with her this season at New York City Ballet. Her legacy deserved to be much more widely acknowledged. I bet not one American in a thousand knows that their country’s first prima ballerina was a Native American. Tallchief…

[dollshobby]

Barbie Inspiring Women series honors Maria Tallchief: America's First Prima Ballerina

The Inspiring Women Barbie series has introduced a new collectible doll that honors Maria Tallchief, an icon of American ballet and the first Native American woman to be awarded the title of prima ballerina.

This collectible doll not only highlights Tallchief's remarkable achievements in the world of ballet, but also serves as a wonderful reminder of her influence on Indigenous art, culture and representation.

[thatbitchsimone]

[swanlake1998]

portrait of maria tallchief

[fizzigigsimmer]

If you ever wanted to know why The Nutcracker ballet is such a huge phenomenon, you can thank, Maria Tallchief, one of the "Five Moons". She also founded Ballet Chicago 🥰 There are some larger problems with the fact that american ballet companies rely on ticket sales and private investment and are not state funded (a whole other post) but we can thank The Nutcracker's smashing success with American audiences for ballet having a home here at all. This one show is still what keeps most companies afloat. So yes, support unions who are fighting for better pay, benefits, and work conditions for dancers. But as I don't see our government investing in the preservation and cultivation of the arts anytime soon... if you can swing a ticket only once a year, I think more people should know this history and just how far this one ticket actually reaches.

[delusionsandrainbows]

Maria Tallchief

[abwwia]

Maria Tallchief was an American ballerina.

https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2021/11/25/maria-tallchief-ki-he-kah-stah-tsa/

Elizabeth Marie Tallchief (Osage family name: Ki He Kah Stah Tsa; January 24, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American ballerina.

She was considered America's first major prima ballerina. She was the first Native American (Osage Nation) to hold the rank, and is said to have revolutionized ballet.

post on instagram: (aug 2021)

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#NativeAmericanHeritage #MariaTallchief #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

[valkyries-things]

MARIA TALLCHIEF // BALLERINA

“She was an American ballerina. She was considered America's first major prima ballerina. She was the first Native American (Osage Nation) to hold the rank, and is said to have revolutionized ballet. Almost from birth, Tallchief was involved in dance, starting formal lessons at age three. When George Balanchine co-founded what would become the New York City Ballet in 1946, Tallchief became the company's first star. The combination of Balanchine's difficult choreography and Tallchief's passionate dancing revolutionized the ballet. Her 1949 role in The Firebird catapulted Tallchief to the top of the ballet world, establishing her as a prima ballerina. Her role as the Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker transformed the ballet from obscure to America's most popular. She traveled the world, becoming the first American to perform in Moscow's Bolshoi Theater.”