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Maria Tallchief: Prima Ballerina

Maria Tallchief: Prima Ballerina

Maria Tallchief: Prima Ballerina

Maria Tallchief: Prima Ballerina

Maria Tallchief: Prima Ballerina

Maria Tallchief: Prima Ballerina

Maria Tallchief: Prima Ballerina

Biography (nonfiction), 1,044 words, Level R (Grade 3), Lexile 890L
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Ballet is very popular all around the world, but in the mid-twentieth century, the most recognized ballerinas were all from Europe. One Native Osage woman changed that. Maria Tallchief: Prima Ballerina tells the story of Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, the first American dancer to become an internationally renowned prima ballerina.