Erik Bruhn
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Erik Belton Evers Bruhn was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author.
Bruhn photographed by Pål Nils Nilsson
Maria Tallchief
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Maria Tallchief, born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, was an Osage ballerina. She was America's first major prima ballerina and the first Native American to hold the rank. Together with Georgian-American
Erik Bruhn
…had significant dance partnerships with a large and unusually varied number of ballerinas: the Americans Cynthia Gregory, Nora Kaye, Allegra Kent, and Maria Tallchief; the Russian Natalia Makarova; the Dane Kirstin Simone; the British Nadia Nerina; and, most famously, with the Italian Carla Fracci. In his book, Beyond…
Tallchief in a 1955 promotion for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Tallchief is depicted and honored on the 2023 American Women quarter
Tallchief and the Five Moons are honored on the 2023 Native American dollar