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2. Barbie Honors Prima Ballerina Maria Tallchief with Doll for ...

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   Maria Tallchief is a fixture in ballet history.. The dancer, who died in 2013, was America's first prima ballerina, which is why Mattel is honoring her with an Inspiring Women Barbie doll.

3. List of African-American ballerinas - Wikipedia

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   Debra Austin was the very first African-American ballerina to receive a principal dancer contract with a major American ballet company [3] in 1982 with the Pennsylvania Ballet. There she danced the principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppélia, and La Sylphide. Dancing these roles with a white partner was a further breakthrough.

4. Category:American ballerinas - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "American ballerinas" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

5. Lorraine Graves (ballerina) - Wikipedia

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   She was the first African American student at a local ballet academy, Academy of the Norfolk Ballet. [4] Graves received her early education from the Lake Taylor High School. [3] [4] She earned a bachelor's degree in ballet from Indiana University Bloomington in three years, graduating a year early. [4]

6. Oklahoma Native American ballerina Maria Tallchief gets her ...

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   The look of the Barbie Maria Tallchief Inspiring Women doll is based on the fiery prima ballerina costume she wore for her star-making debut in New York City Ballet’s 1949 production of “The ...

7. Black doll - Wikipedia

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   Ad for the Negro Doll Company, Nashville, Tennessee, 1908 Modern black dolls. American entrepreneur Richard Henry Boyd founded the National Negro Doll Company in 1911 "after he tried to purchase dolls for his children but could find none that were not gross caricatures of African Americans."