(THE CONVERSATION) Prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan on Nov. 27, 1949, preparing to take the stage in the New York City Ballet’s ...

Olivia Boisson is a corps de ballet member with New York City Ballet. Boisson has been with NYC Ballet for seven years. As a corps member, Boisson dances 10-12 hours a day, six days a week.

That was the Carlisle native’s first principal role at age 17 and the one that closed her 25-year career with New York City ... ballerina Carla Fracci and performing with the Mariinsky Ballet ...

At George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet, Tallchief fulfilled her ambition of becoming America’s prima ballerina, marking a historic milestone as the first Native American artist to attain ...

Miriam Miller, newly promoted to principal at New York City Ballet, is set to make her debut in “Swan Lake.” By Gia Kourlas Elegance has a way of pouring out of Miriam Miller. Her arms open ...

Tallchief, who died in 2013, was America's first prima ballerina ... Tallchief's outfit from her performance in The Firebird at the New York City Ballet: as Paschen describes it, "a fiery red ...

In that moment, Tallchief had no idea that she was about to make history, not only for the New York City Ballet, but in her journey toward becoming America’s first prima ballerina. To be a prima ...