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   In alt.obituaries Way Back Jack  wrote:   
   > Ballet legend Maria Tallchief dies at 88   
   >   
   > April 12, 2013, 1:54 PM EST   
   >   
   > By CARYN ROUSSEAU , Associated Press   
   >   
   > CHICAGO (AP) ?X Maria Tallchief, one of America's first great prima   
   > ballerinas who gave life to such works as "The Nutcracker," ''Firebird,"   
   > and other masterpieces from legendary choreographer George Balanchine, has   
   > died. She was 88.   
   >   
   > Tallchief died Thursday in Chicago, her daughter Elise Paschen said Friday.   
   >   
   > Tallchief danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1942 to 1947,   
   > but her career was most associated with the New York City Ballet, where she   
   > worked from 1948 to 1965. Balanchine, the Russian-born dance genius, was   
   > not only the company's director; in 1946, he became Tallchief's husband for   
   > some years.   
      
   The ascendancy of Russians in the profession was such that for many   
   years I thought Maria's name was "Tallichef" and "Tallchief" was a   
   misprint.   
      
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