Ballet Dancer

Moscelyne Larkin

American ballet dancer (1925-2012)

Born 1925 · MiamiDied 2012United States

Moscelyne Larkin was an American ballet dancer, born in 1925 in Miami, who died in 2012.

Biography

Edna Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski (January 14, 1925 – April 25, 2012) was a Native American ballerina and one of the Five Moons", Indigenous ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century. After dancing with the Original Ballet Russe and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, she and her husband settled in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where in 1956 they founded the Tulsa Ballet and its associated school. It became a major regional company in the American Southwest and made its New York City debut in 1983. She is portrayed in the mural Flight of Spirit displayed in the Rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol building.

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