Audrée Estey Explained

Audrée Phipps Estey
Birth Name:Audrée Phipps
Birth Date:7 January 1910
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Death Place:Deer Isle, Maine
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

Estey was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on January 7, 1910, as Audrée Phipps. She married and had a son, Lawrence M. Estey and a daughter, Carol Estey.[3] 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.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Keeping Up Tradition, Sugar Plums and All . . November 19, 2010 . 2010-12-19 .
  2. News: Princeton to See Two 'Sleeping Beauties' . . May 22, 1977 . 2010-12-19 .
  3. News: Sarah Estey, William Otto . . August 18, 2002 . 2010-12-19 .
  4. News: Former dancer, actress founded ballet society . . June 16, 2002 . 2010-12-19 .