Audrée Estey Explained
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
- News: Keeping Up Tradition, Sugar Plums and All . That will include more Victorian touches, in keeping with the vision of the company’s founder, Audrée Estey, who directed its first “Nutcracker,” in 1963. It will also feature new choreography in the second act and the snow scene. .... . November 19, 2010 . 2010-12-19 .
- News: Princeton to See Two 'Sleeping Beauties' . Dancing the role of the enchanted Princess Aurora, Karen Russo, a 16-year-old South Brunswick High School student, will age 200 years next Saturday. She will awaken not once, but twice, from 100-year naps as the star of a double performance of 'The Sleeping Beauty.' ... that is not the philosophy of the Princeton group or of its energetic director, Audree Estey, sometimes known as 'New Jersey's First Lady of Dance.' ... . . May 22, 1977 . 2010-12-19 .
- News: Sarah Estey, William Otto . She is the daughter of Gretta P. Estey and the Rev. Lawrence M. Estey of Stonington. Her father is the vicar of St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church there, and her mother is the capital campaign director for the Jackson Laboratory, a mammalian research organization, in Bar Harbor, Me. The bride's paternal grandmother, Audree Estey, founded the company in Princeton, N.J., that is now known as the American Repertory Ballet, and Carol Estey, her aunt, was a Broadway dancer and is now an artistic director of Opera House Arts. . . August 18, 2002 . 2010-12-19 .
- News: Former dancer, actress founded ballet society . Audree Phipps Estey, a former dancer and actress who founded Princeton Ballet Society and had been on the board of Sarasota Ballet of Florida, died June 6, 2002, in Deer Island [sic], Maine. She was 92. "She was so interested in young people,"said Jennifer Gemmeke, director of education of the Sarasota Ballet. "She started our Dance Next Generation program for economically deprived children which was based on the school she started in Princeton and set . . June 16, 2002 . 2010-12-19 .
