He was married to Maria Tallchief when he choreographed her in his 1948 ballet "Orpheus"
He created distinctive parts for her in the operetta Song of Norway (1944), in his 
... still addressing him as "Mr. Balanchine" she accepted his marriage proposal; ... 
in C (1948), Orpheus (1948, in which Tallchief danced Eurydice to the Orpheus of
... [DOC] [TLE] Andros on Ballet: George Balanchine (Balanchivadze) (1904-1983) [PAR] According to Tamara Geva, in her autobiography Split Seconds (1972), because 
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