in 1956, chouteau married dancer miguel terekhov. after they had their first child, they moved to oklahoma city to live. together they organized the oklahoma city civic ballet (now oklahoma city ballet). in 1962, they established the first fully accredited dance department in the united states at the university of oklahoma at norman, oklahoma. she was featured in "ballets russes", a documentary film by dayna goldfine and dan geller that premiered at the sundance film festival in 2005. she died after a long illness on january 24, 2016. during her career, she worked with such noted choreographers as george balanchine, leonide massine, antony tudor, agnes de mille, and bronislav nijinska.