11 Chapter 10 New Loves and Sad Farewells

Chapter 10 New Loves and Sad Farewells In 1953, Maria was the most famous ballerina in the world. She met the president of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower. Her photograph appeared in newspapers and on the cover of magazines as America's "Woman of the Year." She even danced on television many times.

第10章新的爱情和悲伤的告别1953年，玛丽亚是世界上最著名的芭蕾舞演员。 她会见了美国总统德怀特·艾森豪威尔。 她的照片作为美国“年度女性”出现在报纸和杂志的封面上。 她甚至在电视上跳了很多次舞。

A young man who became her partner admitted he was afraid of dancing with the great Maria Tallchief. "I don't bite, you know," Maria told him. "Miss Tallchief," he answered, "I'm not afraid of you biting me. I am afraid I'll knock you off pointe." Maria laughed. "You're not strong enough to knock me off pointe!" One man, however, did sweep Maria off her feet. His name was Henry Paschen. Everyone called him Buzz. He was not a dancer. He had never even been to a ballet. Once he saw Maria perform in Firebird, however, he could not take his eyes from her. Maria felt the same attraction. "His sky blue eyes made my heart stop whenever I

一位成为她舞伴的年轻人承认，他害怕与伟大的玛丽亚·塔尔奇奥跳舞。 “你知道，我不咬人，”玛丽亚告诉他。 “高酋长小姐，”他回答说，“我不怕你咬我。 我怕我会把你踢掉。” 玛丽亚笑了。“你不够强壮，不能把我打倒!”然而，有一个男人却使玛丽亚神魂颠倒。 他的名字叫亨利·帕申。 大家都叫他巴斯。他不是一个舞者。 他甚至从来没有看过芭蕾舞。 然而，一旦他看到玛丽亚在《火鸟》中的表演，他就无法将目光从她身上移开。 玛丽亚也感受到了同样的吸引力。 “他天蓝色的眼睛让我心跳停止，每当我。

looked into them," she said. They married in June of 1956. A few years later, another love came into Maria's life . . . her daughter Elise was born. "I don't think I'll ever forget the feeling of seeing that beautiful child when they brought her to me for the first time," Maria wrote in her autobiography. "She had black hair, long and silky, and I thought 'She's truly an American-Indian baby.' When I held her in my arms and her eyes looked into mine, I thought 'This is heaven.'"

我调查过他们，”她说。 他们于1956年6月结婚。 几年后，另一段爱情进入了玛丽亚的生活。 。。她的女儿伊莉斯出生了。 玛丽亚在自传中写道:“我想我永远不会忘记第一次看到那个美丽的孩子时的感觉。” “她有一头乌黑的头发，又长又顺滑，我想‘她真是个印第安人的孩子。’”当我把她抱在怀里，她的眼睛看着我的时候，我想，‘这就是天堂。’”

Days later at home with her new baby, Maria slipped into her toe shoes and laced them. Her father was visiting. He said, "You have a husband and a baby now. You ought to be content." "I am content, Daddy," she answered. "Then it's time to put those shoes away for good." Stop dancing? "Never!" she told her father. "I have to dance." Joseph Tall Chief knew his daughter was every bit as stubborn as he was. He said nothing more about it.

几天后，玛丽亚带着刚出生的孩子回到家里，她穿上脚趾鞋，系上鞋带。 她父亲来看她。他说:“你现在有丈夫和孩子了。 你应该知足。”“我很满意，爸爸，”她回答。 “那么是时候把这双鞋永远收起来了。” 停止跳舞吗?“决不!”她告诉父亲。 “我必须跳舞。”约瑟夫知道他的女儿和他一样固执。 他什么也没说。

Maria had everything she had wanted: an exciting career and a beautiful family. Her sister, Marjorie's life seemed enchanted, too. She and her husband had joined the Paris Opera Ballet, and they had twin children. And yet, sadness and loss comes into every life. A few months after Elise was born, Maria's father became dangerously ill. The doctors in Fairfax did not know how to make him well again. Maria turned to the one person who had always been there to help her and who

玛丽亚拥有了她想要的一切:一份令人兴奋的事业和一个美好的家庭。 她的妹妹玛乔丽的生活似乎也被迷住了。 她和丈夫加入了巴黎歌剧院芭蕾舞团，他们有一对双胞胎孩子。 然而，每个人的生活中都会有悲伤和失落。 伊莉斯出生几个月后，玛丽亚的父亲病得很重。 费尔法克斯的医生不知道如何使他恢复健康。 玛丽亚求助于那个一直在她身边帮助她的人

was still a very dear friend, George Balanchine. "I'm so afraid," she told him. George was always the calm spot in the center of a storm. He told Maria to bring her father to Chicago and let the doctors there examine him. Maria made all the arrangements. Within days, her father and mother had arrived. Maria tried to mask her shock at seeing him. Her father had always seemed a giant to her. Now, his body sagged from sickness. His eyes were cloudy. His skin was yellowish. The doctors in Chicago offered little hope. Joseph Tall Chief died in October 1959. As he had wished, his family buried him in the cemetery in Fairfax among the other Tall Chief graves. Maria's grief ran very

乔治·巴兰钦仍然是我的好朋友 “我很害怕，”她告诉他。 乔治总是风暴中心的平静之处。 他让玛丽亚把她父亲带到芝加哥，让那里的医生给他做检查。 玛丽亚做了所有的安排。 没过几天，她的父母就来了。 玛丽亚竭力掩饰见到他时的震惊。 在她看来，父亲一直是个巨人。 现在，他的身体因病而下垂。 他的眼睛模糊不清。他的皮肤泛黄。 芝加哥的医生说希望渺茫。 Joseph Tall Chief于1959年10月去世。 按照他的愿望，他的家人把他埋在了费尔法克斯的墓地里，和其他高酋长的坟墓在一起。 玛丽亚非常悲伤