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Five Moons

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The Five Moons are five Native American ballerinas from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who achieved international prominence during the 20th century. [1]

49 relations: Ballet, Ballet dancer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Boca Raton, Florida, Cannes, Cherokee, Cherokee Nation, Chicago, Chickasaw, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Dallas, Distemper (paint), Durwood, Oklahoma, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Fairfax, Oklahoma, George Balanchine, Harid Conservatory, Jerome Tiger, Kansas City, Kansas, Legion of Honour, Los Angeles, Louis W. Ballard, Maria Tallchief, Marjorie Tallchief, Miami, Oklahoma, Miguel Terekhov, Moscelyne Larkin, Muscogee, Native Americans in the United States, New York City, New York City Ballet, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Ballet, Oklahoma State Capitol, Original Ballet Russe, Osage Nation, Paris Opera Ballet, Peoria people, Quapaw, Rosella Hightower, Russian Americans, Shawnee Tribe, The New York Times, Tulsa Ballet, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. state, Vinita, Oklahoma, Yvonne Chouteau.

Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.

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Ballet dancer

A ballet dancer (ballerina fem., ballerino masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet.

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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

The company Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo (note the plural) was formed in 1932 after the death of Diaghilev and the demise of Ballets Russes.

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Boca Raton, Florida

Boca Raton (lit) is the southernmost city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, first incorporated on August 2, 1924 as "Bocaratone," and then incorporated as "Boca Raton" in 1925.

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Cannes

Cannes (Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera.

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Cherokee

The Cherokee (translit or translit) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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Cherokee Nation

The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ, Tsalagihi Ayeli), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chickasaw

The Chickasaw are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

The Choctaw Nation (Chahta Yakni) (officially referred to as the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) is a Native American territory and federally recognized Indian Tribe with a tribal jurisdictional area comprising 10.5 counties in Southeastern Oklahoma.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Distemper (paint)

Distemper is a decorative paint and a historical medium for painting pictures, and contrasted with tempera.

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Durwood, Oklahoma

Durwood is an unincorporated community located in Carter County, Oklahoma.

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Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is one of three federally recognized Shawnee tribes.

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Fairfax, Oklahoma

Fairfax is a town in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States.

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George Balanchine

George Balanchine (born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; January 22, 1904April 30, 1983) was a choreographer.

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Harid Conservatory

The Harid Conservatory is a ballet professional-training school for high-school age students.

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Jerome Tiger

Jerome Richard Tiger (1941–1967) was a highly influential Native American painter from Oklahoma.

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Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City is the third-largest city in the State of Kansas, the county seat of Wyandotte County, and the third-largest city of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

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Legion of Honour

The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Louis W. Ballard

Louis W. Ballard (July 8, 1931 – February 9, 2007) was a Native American composer, educator, author, artist, and journalist.

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Maria Tallchief

Elizabeth Marie "Betty" TallChief (Osage family name: Ki He Kah Stah Tsa; January 24, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American ballerina.

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Marjorie Tallchief

Marjorie Tallchief (born October 19, 1926) is a former ballerina of the Osage Nation.

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Miami, Oklahoma

Miami is a city in and county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States, founded in 1891.

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Miguel Terekhov

Miguel Terekhov (August 22, 1928 – January 3, 2012) was a Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and ballet instructor.

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Moscelyne Larkin

Edna Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski (January 14, 1925 – April 25, 2012) was one of the "Five Moons", Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century.

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Muscogee

The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Creek and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, are a related group of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma City Ballet

The Oklahoma City Ballet is a professional dance company and school located in Oklahoma City.

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Oklahoma State Capitol

The Oklahoma State Capitol is the house of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Original Ballet Russe

The Original Ballet Russe (originally named Les Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo) was a ballet company established in 1931 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as a successor to the Ballets Russes, founded in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev.

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Osage Nation

The Osage Nation (Osage: Ni-u-kon-ska, "People of the Middle Waters") is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains who historically dominated much of present-day Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

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Paris Opera Ballet

The Paris Opera Ballet (French: "Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris") is an integral part of the Paris Opera and the oldest national ballet company.

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Peoria people

The Peoria (or Peouaroua) are a Native American people.

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Quapaw

The Quapaw (or Arkansas and Ugahxpa) people are a tribe of Native Americans that coalesced in the Midwest and Ohio Valley.

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Rosella Hightower

Rosella Hightower (January 10, 1920 – November 4, 2008) was an American ballerina who achieved fame in both the United States and Europe.

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Russian Americans

Russian Americans are Americans who trace their ancestry to Russia, the Russian Empire, or the former Soviet Union.

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Shawnee Tribe

The Shawnee Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Tulsa Ballet

Tulsa Ballet is a professional American ballet company located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Vinita, Oklahoma

Vinita is a city in south-central Craig County, in northeastern Oklahoma, United States.

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Yvonne Chouteau

Myra Yvonne Chouteau (March 7, 1929 – January 24, 2016) was one of the "Five Moons" or Native prima ballerinas of Oklahoma.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Moons

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