American Indian Ballerinas

Author : Lili Cockerille Livingston
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806131344
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Indian Ballerinas written by Lili Cockerille Livingston and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first authorized biography of four twentieth-century American Indian ballerinas: Maria Tallchief, Rosella Hightower, Marjorie Tallchief, and Yvonne Chouteau. Each grew up in Oklahoma during the 1920s and 1930s and went on to achieve international fame. Lili Cockerille Livingston, who worked with all four ballerinas during her own career as a dancer, draws upon her extensive interviews with the women to bring their stories to life while also shedding new light both on the development of New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and the now-defunct Harkness Ballet and Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas.

Author : Lili Cockerille Livingston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781417626205
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Indian Ballerinas written by Lili Cockerille Livingston and published by . This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first authorized biography of four twentieth-century American Indian ballerinas: Maria Tallchief, Rosella Hightower, Marjorie Tallchief, and Yvonne Chouteau. Each grew up in Oklahoma during the 1920s and 1930s and went on to achieve international fame. Lili Cockerille Livingston, who worked with all four ballerinas during her own career as a dancer, draws upon her extensive interviews with the women to bring their stories to life while also shedding new light both on the development of New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and the now-defunct Harkness Ballet and Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas.

Author : Maria Tallchief
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142300187
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tallchief written by Maria Tallchief and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up on the Osage Indian reservation, Maria Tallchief was a gifted pianist and dancer. According to Osage tradition, women are not permitted to dance, but Maria's parents recognized her gifts and allowed her to break the rule. Then when Maria reached the age of twelve, her father told her it was time to choose between her two loves. Maria chose ballet. It was a decision that would change not only the course of her life, but the face of classical ballet in America. The fascinating story of Maria Tallchief's rise to become America's prima ballerina will captivate young readers.

Author : Maria Tallchief
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1627797157
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maria Tallchief written by Maria Tallchief and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the story of the legendary ballerina who now adorns a $1 coin and a US quarter! A fascinating self-portrait of the fairy-tale life of a woman who understood that a committed talent could transform the world around her. "Maria Tallchief and American ballet came of age in the same moment.... Her story will always be the story of ballet conquering America. It was and is an American romance."-Arlene Croce, The New Yorker

Author : Jennifer Marino Walters
Publisher : Beginner Biography (Look! Book
ISBN 13 : 9781634400497
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maria Tallchief written by Jennifer Marino Walters and published by Beginner Biography (Look! Book. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Maria Tallchief knew she wanted to dance while watching Osage dancers as a child in Oklahoma. For tribal ceremonies, only men were allowed to dance. But, Maria went on to become America's first prima ballerina. She was one of the best dancers in the world"--

Author : Maria Tallchief
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805033025
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maria Tallchief written by Maria Tallchief and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-04-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of the legendary ballerina Maria Tallchief is told in her own words. Her fascinating memoir is the story of the rigors and pleasures of a dancer's life--an artist's rapid rise to fame that began on an Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Tallchief introduced ballet to the American public and became George Balanchine's wife and muse. Recipient of the 1996 Kennedy Center Honor. of photos.

Author : Jacqueline Shea Murphy
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452913439
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People Have Never Stopped Dancing written by Jacqueline Shea Murphy and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past thirty years, Native American dance has emerged as a visible force on concert stages throughout North America. In this first major study of contemporary Native American dance, Jacqueline Shea Murphy shows how these performances are at once diverse and connected by common influences. Demonstrating the complex relationship between Native and modern dance choreography, Shea Murphy delves first into U.S. and Canadian federal policies toward Native performance from the late nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, revealing the ways in which government sought to curtail authentic ceremonial dancing while actually encouraging staged spectacles, such as those in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows. She then engages the innovative work of Ted Shawn, Lester Horton, and Martha Graham, highlighting the influence of Native American dance on modern dance in the twentieth century. Shea Murphy moves on to discuss contemporary concert dance initiatives, including Canada’s Aboriginal Dance Program and the American Indian Dance Theatre. Illustrating how Native dance enacts, rather than represents, cultural connections to land, ancestors, and animals, as well as spiritual and political concerns, Shea Murphy challenges stereotypes about American Indian dance and offers new ways of recognizing the agency of bodies on stage. Jacqueline Shea Murphy is associate professor of dance studies at the University of California, Riverside, and coeditor of Bodies of the Text: Dance as Theory, Literature as Dance.

Author : Paul Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780894908668
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maria Tallchief written by Paul Lang and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Lang examines the personal life and career of Osage, Maria Tallchief, who became the prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet and recently was awarded Kennedy Center Honors.

Author : Misty Copeland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476737983
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in Motion written by Misty Copeland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the life and career of the professional ballerina, covering from when she began dance classes at age thirteen in an after-school community center through becoming the only African American soloist dancing with the American Ballet Theatre.

Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1541919424
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maria Tallchief : The First Native American Ballerina - Biography of Famous People | Children's Biography Books written by Baby Professor and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a Native American woman become a famous ballerina? What struggles did she win in order to claim her title in the world of ballet? How did the world receive her? Read about the story of Maria Tallchief and be inspired by her decisions and actions. The purpose of reading biographies is to boost your confidence to achieve your goals by taking inspiration from others. Grab a copy today!