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Maria Tallchief
Her full name was Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief; her family called her Betty Marie. She was born in Fairfax, Oklahoma on January 24, 1925, to a father who was a chief in the Osage Nation and a Scots-Irish mother.
From 1942 to 1947 she danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, but she is best known for her time with the New York City Ballet from 1947 to 1965.
Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) one of the most noted ballerinas of the 20th century, and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
She was born Roberta Sue Ficker in Cincinnati, and received her early training at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. In 1959, she was selected to study at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet with a Ford Foundation scholarship; she started there in 1960, and joined the New York City Ballet (NYCB) in 1961.
