1. Edna Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski was an American ballerina and one of the "Five Moons", Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century.
11 Facts About Moscelyne Larkin
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Moscelyne Larkin is portrayed in the mural Flight of Spirit displayed in the Rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol building.
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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.
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Moscelyne Larkin's mother trained her in ballet until the girl was old enough to move to New York City to further her studies.
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In 1941, at age 15, Larkin joined Colonel Wassily de Basil's Original Ballet Russe.
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Moscelyne Larkin performed with the company in Europe and the Americas.
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In 1954 Moscelyne Larkin toured Asia, performing in Alexandra Danilova's "Great Movements in Dance".
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Moscelyne Larkin introduced area schoolchildren to ballet and taught ballet to higher-level students at the University of Tulsa.
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Moscelyne Larkin was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1978.
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Moscelyne Larkin suffered from Alzheimer's disease and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 25,2012, from pneumonia.
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Moscelyne Larkin is survived by her son, Roman Larkin Jasinski.