Biography & Autobiography By lyvask 1925 Maria Tallchief was born 1929 The Stock Market crash starting the Great Depression 1930 Maria sees her first Russians ballet performance 1933 Maria's family moved 1937 Maria chose ballet over the paino Period: 1939 to 1945 WWII 1942 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. 1942 Maria goes to New York to join the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo Aug 16, 1946 Maria married George Balanchine a choreographer 1947 Maria became the first American to dance with the Paris Opera Ballet Period: 1950 to 1975 Vietnam War Period: 1950 to 1953 Korean War 1959 Alaska becomes the 49th state, Hawaii becomes the 50th 1963 MLK gives his famous I Have a Dream speech 1965 Maria retires from dancing 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated 1983 U.S. invades the Caribbean island of Grenada 1991 The Persian Gulf War Sep 11, 2001 World Trade Center was destroyed Apr 11, 2013 Maria Tallchief dies
