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Also Known As Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief
Born January 24, 1925 • Oklahoma
Died April 11, 2013 (aged 88) • Chicago • Illinois
Founder Chicago City Ballet
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (1996)
Notable Family Members sister Marjorie Tallchief

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André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
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George Balanchine.
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Jerome Robbins
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Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
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Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
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Edward Villella, 1960, in the title role of “The Prodigal Son”, by the choreographer George Balanchine.
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