Audrée Estey
Audrée Phipps Estey | |
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| Born | Audrée Phipps January 7, 1910 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | June 6, 2002 (aged 92) |
| Known for | American Repertory Ballet |
Audrée Phipps Estey (January 7, 1910 – June 6, 2002), known as "New Jersey's First Lady of Dance", was an American dancer who founded the Princeton Ballet Society and the American Repertory Ballet.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Estey was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on January 7, 1910,[3] as Audrée Phipps. She married and had a son, Lawrence M. Estey and a daughter, Carol Estey.[4] In 1954 she founded the Princeton Ballet Society. In 1963 she founded the American Repertory Ballet. She died on June 6, 2002, in Deer Isle, Maine.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Keeping Up Tradition, Sugar Plums and All". The New York Times. November 19, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- ^ "Princeton to See Two 'Sleeping Beauties'". The New York Times. May 22, 1977. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- ^ a b "Former dancer, actress founded ballet society". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. June 16, 2002. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- ^ "Sarah Estey, William Otto". The New York Times. August 18, 2002. Retrieved 2010-12-19.