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Moscelyne Larkin was born on 14 January, 1925 in Miami, Oklahoma, U.S., is an American ballet dancer. Discover Moscelyne Larkin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?
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Ballerina |
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87 years old |
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Capricorn |
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14 January 1925 |
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14 January |
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Miami, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Date of death |
25 April, 2012 |
Died Place |
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
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United States
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Moscelyne Larkin Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Moscelyne Larkin's Husband?
Her husband is Roman Jasinski (m. 1943-1991)
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Roman Jasinski (m. 1943-1991) |
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Moscelyne Larkin Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Moscelyne Larkin worth at the age of 87 years old? Moscelyne Larkin’s income source is mostly from being a successful ballet dancer. She is from United States. We have estimated Moscelyne Larkin's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Edna Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski (January 14, 1925 – April 25, 2012) was an American ballerina and one of the "Five Moons", Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century.
Edna Moscelyne Larkin was born in Miami, Oklahoma in 1925, the only daughter of Eva Matlagova-Larkin, a young dancer from Russia, and Rueben Francis Larkin, an Eastern Shawnee-Peoria Indian.
Her mother trained her in ballet until the girl was old enough to move to New York City to further her studies.
In 1941, at age 15, Larkin joined Colonel Wassily de Basil's Original Ballet Russe.
She performed with the company in Europe and the Americas.
While dancing with the company, Larkin met her future husband Roman Jasinski, a premier danseur from Poland.
Larkin married Roman Jasinski in 1943.
In 1948, she achieved the rank of a ballerina; she and her husband had both moved to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, directed by Serge Denham.
Radio City Music Hall often showcased her as a prima ballerina.
In 1954 Larkin toured Asia, performing in Alexandra Danilova's "Great Movements in Dance".
She excelled in comical roles as a soubrette.
She played the can-can dancer in Gaîté Parisienne.
Agnes de Mille, the choreographer and dancer, admired Larkin's performance as the Cowgirl in Aaron Copland's Rodeo, a role which was premiered by de Mille.
After they had a son, Roman Larkin Jasinski, on February 21, 1954, they decided to retire from performing.
They moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they created a ballet school and founded the Tulsa Civic Ballet (later known as the Tulsa Ballet).
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.
In 1967, Quapaw-Cherokee composer Louis Ballard wrote the music for the ballet, The Four Moons, for the Oklahoma Indian Ballerina Festival.
In its solos, the dancers evoked their four distinct tribal cultures.
Larkin was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1978.
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.
It became a major company in the Southwest and made its premier in New York in 1983.
Larkin introduced area schoolchildren to ballet and also taught ballet to higher-level students at the University of Tulsa.
In 1988, she received the annual Dance Magazine Award.
In 1993, she was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame.
The Council of American Indians honored her as "Outstanding Indian" that same year.
Chickasaw artist Mike Larsen included Larkin in his monumental mural, Flight of Spirit, displayed in the Great Rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City.
Larkin suffered from Alzheimer's disease and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 25, 2012, from pneumonia.
She is survived by her son, Roman Larkin Jasinski.