But I get the pun :-).

And come to think of it, Tallchief was rather tall, as this video will show. When she walks next to Nureyev and is not en pointe, she is nearly his height, as far as I can see. And he was about 5′ 8″–although, like most dancers, he looked taller on stage.

The Osage, I believe, were one of the first tribes to benefit from oil exploration in northwestern Oklahoma. Which may have made it possible for families such as the Tallchiefs either to move or to send their children to study with some of the finest ballet teachers in the country.