Prima Ballerina
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents A National Treasure.
目录 A 国宝.
4 Early Years.
早年4岁.
5 New York: A Star Is Born.
5 纽约:一星出世.
8 Chicago: Master Teacher.
8 芝加哥:师傅.
13 Legacy.
13 遗事.
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 A National Treasure The date was September 29, 1999.
16国宝 该日期为1999年9月29日.
The place was Washington, D.
当时是华盛顿
C.
C组
The event was the award ceremony for the National Medal of Arts.
该活动是国家艺术奖章的颁奖仪式.
This award is the highest honor given to an artist by a U.
这个奖项是U给予艺术家的最高荣誉.
S.
师曰.
president.
总统
One of the people awarded that year was Maria Tallchief.
当年被授予奖项的有一位是玛丽亚·高尔克西.
A tall, elegant dancer, she had taken the world of ballet by storm fifty years earlier.
一个高个子又优雅的舞者 她五十年前就被暴风雨夺走了芭蕾的世界
How did Tallchief become American ballet’s first shining star?
如何成为美国芭蕾舞团的第一颗亮相?
Her story begins on a Native American reservation in Oklahoma.
她的故事开始于俄克拉荷马州的美国原住民保留地.
President Clinton awards Maria Tallchief the National Medal of Arts.
克林顿总统奖 国家艺术奖章的玛丽亚·高尔盖德.
Early Years Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief—nicknamed Betty Marie—was born on January 24, 1925, in Fairfax, Oklahoma.
伊丽莎白早年 Marie Tall Chief——昵称Betty Marie——于1925年1月24日生于俄克拉荷马州费尔法克斯.
She was born on the Osage (OH-sayj) Reservation, and her father, Alexander, was full-blooded Osage.
她生于Osage (OH-sayj)保留地上,她的父亲Alexander是满血的Osage.
Oil found on Osage land when he was young made many members of the tribe rich.
在他年轻时在Osage地上发现的石油使许多部落成员变得富有.
As an adult, Alexander owned a large amount of property in Fairfax.
作为成年人,亚历山大在费尔法克斯拥有大量财产.
Betty Marie’s mother, Ruth, came from Scottish and Irish settlers.
贝蒂·玛丽的母亲露丝出自苏格兰和爱尔兰定居者.
She saw that Betty Marie and her younger sister, Marjorie, had a musical gift.
她看到贝蒂·玛丽和她的妹妹玛乔丽有音乐天赋.
Both girls took piano and dance lessons from an early age.
两个女孩都从小学习了钢琴和舞蹈课程.
As a child, Betty Marie was quiet and shy.
童年时,贝蒂·玛丽很安静而害羞.
In 1933, when Betty Marie was eight, her parents decided to move the family to Los Angeles.
1933年,当贝蒂·玛丽8岁时,她的父母决定将家庭迁往洛杉矶.
They thought the girls needed a better education than Fairfax offered.
他们认为女孩们需要比费尔法克斯提供的更好的教育.
When they moved, they found a dance school even before buying a house.
当他们搬家时,甚至在买房子之前就找到了一所舞蹈学校.
The girls studied ballet, tap dancing, acrobatics, and Spanish dancing.
女孩们学习了芭蕾、踢踏舞、杂技和西班牙舞蹈。
Before long, Betty Marie and Marjorie were dancing at rodeos and county fairs.
不久之后,贝蒂·玛丽和马乔里在克罗多斯和郡集市上跳舞.
Both girls disliked the fake Native American dance routine they sometimes performed.
两个女孩都不喜欢他们有时表演的假美洲原住民舞蹈常规.
It was an example of the stereotypes many people had about Native Americans.
这是许多人对美洲原住民的成见的一个例子。
Betty Marie (left) and Marjorie (right) pose for a picture with their mother in 1930.
贝蒂·玛丽(左)和马乔里(右)在1930年与母亲一起为相片出场.
Authentic Osage Dancing Only men were active dancers in ceremonial Osage dances.
认证 Osage 跳舞 只有男性是祭祀性奥萨奇舞中的活跃舞者.
The women formed a circle around them and took small sidesteps back and forth in time with the drumbeat.
女子们围绕她们形成了一圈,并及时与鼓手一起取出小后退.
While Betty Marie and Marjorie were growing up, ceremonial Native American dances were outlawed by the U.
在贝蒂·玛丽和马乔里长大的时候,仪式上美洲原住民的舞蹈被U取缔.
S.
师曰.
government.
政府。
Grandma Tall Chief often took the girls to ceremonial Osage dances, which continued in secret.
高爷爷 酋长经常带姑娘们去祭祀的奥萨奇舞会,这些舞会一直秘密地进行.
At age twelve, Betty Marie decided to stop piano lessons and just study ballet.
12岁时,贝蒂·玛丽决定停止钢琴课,只学习芭蕾.
That’s when her life as a dancer really began.
她的舞蹈生涯从此开始。
Soon after, she became a student of Bronislava Nijinska (brah-nuh-SLAH-vuh nuh-JIN-skuh), her first important ballet teacher.
不久后,她又成为了她第一位重要的芭蕾教师布罗尼斯拉瓦·尼金斯卡(brah-nuh-SLAH-vuh-JIN-skuh)的学生.
Betty Marie studied with Madame Nijinska from 1937 until 1942.
贝蒂·玛丽从1937年到1942年与尼金斯卡夫人一起学习.
During that time, she learned to dance with power, grace, and feeling.
在此期间,她学会了用力量,优雅和感觉来跳舞.
By the time she finished high school in 1942, she knew that ballet was the right path for her.
在她于1942年完成高中学业时,她已经知道芭蕾舞对她来说是正确的道路.
Bronislava Nijinska (right) was the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky (left), one of the twentieth century’s greatest male dancers.
布罗尼斯拉瓦·尼真斯卡(右)是瓦斯拉夫·尼真斯基(左)的妹妹,是二十世纪最伟大的男性舞蹈家之一.
New York: A Star Is Born When Betty Marie was a teenager, all the well-known ballet dancers were Russian.
纽约:贝蒂·玛丽少年时出道的"一星出世"(A Star Is Born When Betty Marie),所有出名的芭蕾舞者都是俄罗斯人.
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (ROOSS DU MOHN- tee KAR-loh) was a Russian ballet company that often performed in the United States.
蒙特卡洛芭蕾舞团(俄語:ROеOSSий сеOSSет)是一家俄罗斯芭蕾舞公司,常在美国演出.
The company, which was based in New York, came to Los Angeles in 1938.
公司总部设在纽约,1938年来到洛杉矶.
Betty Marie attended all their performances and saw great ballet dancers for the first time.
贝蒂·玛丽出席了他们的所有演出,并第一次见到了伟大的芭蕾舞者.
She was amazed.
她很惊讶。
After Betty Marie graduated, she went to New York.
贝蒂·玛丽毕业后,她去了纽约.
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo hired her as a dancer almost immediately.
芭蕾舞团Russe de Monte Carlo几乎立即聘请她为舞蹈演员.
At that point, she changed her name to Maria Tallchief.
这时她更名为"玛丽亚·高尔西".
Tallchief prepares to dance onstage in The Song of Norway (1944).
大头巾准备在舞台上跳舞 在挪威之歌(1944年).
Two years after Tallchief joined the Russian ballet company, a choreographer named George Balanchine started working with them.
塔克西加入俄罗斯芭蕾舞团公司两年后,一位叫乔治·巴兰辛(George Balanchine)的编舞开始和他们合作.
Many people consider him one of the twentieth century’s most important choreographers.
许多人认为他是二十世纪最重要的编舞之一.
Building on classical ballet, which was graceful and flowing, he created a new style of American ballet.
以古典芭蕾为生,优雅而流畅,他创造了美国芭蕾的新风格.
It required dancers to be very strong, quick, and athletic.
它要求舞者非常强壮,快速,运动。
George Balanchine’s choreography came to life with Maria Tallchief’s dancing.
George Balanchine的舞蹈生平,
She became his muse—his greatest source of artistic inspiration.
她成为了他的缪斯——他最大的艺术灵感来源.
Together, Tallchief and Balanchine lived and breathed ballet.
高尔克和巴兰辛一起活了下来 呼吸了芭蕾舞
They married in 1946.
他们于1946年结婚.
Their marriage only lasted five years, but they worked together for many more.
他们的婚姻只持续了5年,但两人一起工作了更长时间.
Tallchief and Balanchine practiced ballet up to fourteen hours a day.
高头和Balanchine每天练习芭蕾14小时。
Tallchief wrote about her Firebird performance: “The city center sounded like a stadium.
Tallhead写道她的Firebird表演:“市中心听起来像体育场。
after somebody’s made a touchdown.”
在有人触地得分之后, “
In 1948, Balanchine helped start the New York City Ballet, and Tallchief joined the company.
1948年,Balanchine帮助创办了"纽约市芭蕾舞团",而Tallheap也加入了公司.
At first, it did not have a strong following.
起初,它没有强烈的跟随.
Everything changed when Tallchief danced in Firebird in 1949.
1949年高尔克在"火鸟"(Firebird)起舞时一切都变了.
The role made her famous.
这个角色让她出名了.
She eventually became the New York City Ballet’s first prima ballerina, or leading female dancer.
她最终成为了纽约市芭蕾舞团的首个初选芭蕾舞演员,或者女主角.
She held the title for thirteen years, until 1965.
她拥有了13年的头衔,直到1965年.
Balanchine created some of his most beautiful roles for Tallchief.
巴拉辛为"高尔克"创造了他最美丽的角色.
These included roles in Swan Lake and the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker.
其中包括"天鹅湖"中的角色和"花果"中"糖花仙子"中的角色.
While Tallchief was with the New York City Ballet, she performed with them in nineteen countries.
高尔基在纽约市芭蕾舞团期间,她与他们在19个国家演出.
She also danced on television and in the musical film Million Dollar Mermaid (1952).
她还在电视和音乐电影"百万美人鱼"(1952年)中出道.
She was a guest dancer with the American Ballet Theatre as well.
她也是美国芭蕾舞剧院的客座舞者.
Tallchief dances with her partner in Balanchine’s Swan Lake.
在巴拉辛的天鹅湖,
People praised Tallchief wherever she danced.
人们称赞高尔盖德无论她在哪里跳舞。
They saw that she was a strong and graceful dancer and wanted to see her perform more.
他们看到她是一个坚强而优雅的舞者,想看到她更多的表演.
She was also light on her feet and exact in her movements.
她的脚也轻而易举。
Tallchief danced in a grand yet free way that set her apart from other ballerinas.
高跟鞋跳得漂亮而自由 让她和其他芭蕾舞演员不同
She was also respected for her intelligence and honesty.
她的智慧和诚实也受到了尊重。
Tallchief danced the role of the White Swan in Swan Lake.
高chief在天鹅湖跳起"白天鹅"的角色.
Chicago: Master Teacher In 1965, at age forty-one, Tallchief grew tired from all her hard work.
芝加哥:师傅 1965年,41岁时,高尔克西从她所有的辛勤劳动中变得疲惫.
Nine years earlier, she had married Henry Paschen, and they had a daughter together.
九年前,她已经和亨利·帕申结婚,两人育有一女.
Tallchief stopped dancing and moved to Chicago, Illinois, to be with them.
大头巾停止了舞蹈,并搬到了伊利诺伊州芝加哥和他们在一起.
In 1975, Tallchief became the creative director of the Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet.
1975年,塔克西出任芝加哥歌剧芭蕾舞团的创意总监.
She started the Chicago City Ballet in 1980 because she felt that Chicago should have a leading ballet company.
她于1980年创办了"芝加哥城市芭蕾舞团",因为她觉得芝加哥应该有一个领先的芭蕾舞公司.
She was its creative director until 1987.
她一直担任其创意总监至1987年.
Many of her students later became very successful in the world of ballet.
她的许多学生后来在芭蕾舞世界中变得非常成功.
Maria Tallchief dances with her only child, Elise Paschen, in Chicago.
玛丽亚·高尔克(Maria Tallheap)与她的独生子女伊莉斯·帕申(Elise Pashen)一起在芝加哥跳舞.
Maria Tallchief’s Life Tallchief also spent time preserving the work of Balanchine, who died in 1983.
Maria Tallheap's Life Tallheap也花时间保存了1983年去世的Balanchine的作品.
She felt strongly that his ballets should be danced the way he had choreographed them.
她强烈地认为,他的芭蕾舞应该像他编舞的方式来跳舞.
She and several other Balanchine ballerinas recorded parts of his ballets.
她和另外几个芭蕾舞演员录制了部分他的芭蕾.
That way, future students could learn from them.
这样,未来的学生就可以向他们学习.
In 1996, Tallchief became a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
1996年,塔克西成为全国妇女名人堂的成员.
This award honors people whose artistic gifts have improved American society.
这个奖项授予那些艺术天赋改善了美国社会的人.
Tallchief died at age eighty-eight on April 11, 2013, in Chicago.
2013年4月11日,高尔帕在芝加哥以88岁之多去世.
People around the world praised her life and work.
全世界的人都称赞她的生活和工作.
Legacy Maria Tallchief was an American treasure.
遗物玛丽亚·高尔盖德是美国的宝物.
As the first prima ballerina from the United States, she helped inspire a new style of ballet.
作为第一位来自美国的初等芭蕾舞演员,她帮助激发出一种新的芭蕾风格.
As ballet’s first Native American star, she opened its doors to people of all backgrounds.
作为芭蕾舞的首位美国原住民明星,她向各种背景的人敞开了大门.
Her grace, talent, and achievement helped move the world of ballet forward.
她的优雅、才华和成就 帮助推进了芭蕾舞的世界
A fellow dancer, Jacques d’ Amboise (ZHAHK dahm-BWAHZ) once said of Tallchief, “There is one word for her: grand.
一名舞者Jacques d ' Amboise(ZHAHK Dahm-BWAHZ)曾对Tallheap说: " 她有一个词:宏伟。
She was absolutely grand.”
她绝对是伟大的。 “
Maria Tallchief and Jacques d’Amboise perform at the White House in 1964.
玛丽亚·塔克西和雅克·德·安布瓦斯于1964年在白宫出演.