Biography & Autobiography

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  • Maria Tallchief was born

    Maria Tallchief was born

  • The Stock Market crash starting the Great Depression

  • Maria sees her first Russians ballet performance

  • Maria's family moved

  • Maria chose ballet over the paino

    Maria chose ballet over the paino

  • Period: to

    WWII

  • Maria gets her break

    One of the lead ballerinas in the Ballet Russe stepped down so Maria took her spot and got amazing reviews from top critics.

  • Maria goes to New York to join the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo

  • Maria married George Balanchine a choreographer

  • Maria became the first American to dance with the Paris Opera Ballet

    Maria became the first American to dance with the Paris Opera Ballet

  • Period: to

    Vietnam War

  • Period: to

    Korean War

  • Alaska becomes the 49th state, Hawaii becomes the 50th

  • MLK gives his famous I Have a Dream speech

    MLK gives his famous I Have a Dream speech

  • Maria retires from dancing

  • Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated

  • U.S. invades the Caribbean island of Grenada

  • The Persian Gulf War

  • World Trade Center was destroyed

    World Trade Center was destroyed

  • Maria Tallchief dies

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