Word: tallchief
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Dates: during 1946-1946
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Married. George Balanchine (real name: Georgei Melitonovich Balinchinvadze), 42, famed Russian-born choreographer, onetime director of the Piaghilev Russian Ballet and the American Ballet; and Ballerina Maria Tallchief, 21, his Irish-Osage Indian protegee; she for the first time, he for the fourth; in Manhattan...
...stars incapable of handling more difficult roles--since when has Alexandre Danilova ceased being the leading ballerina of the United States? And who in the world of dance criticism but J.A.L. will say that Natalie Krassovska, Ruthanna Boris, and Maria Tallchief are not capable of matching, if not equalling Janet Reed, Nora Kaye, and Alicia Alonso of the Ballet Theater? The only male dancer in the Ballet Theater who is tops is Andre Eglevsky, while John Kriza, John Taras, etc. are strictly still in the stage of development. Obviously no company in America can offer Frederic Franklin in such...