Elise Flagg Explained

Elise Flagg (born 1951) is an American ballet dancer who worked with George Balanchine as a dancer at the New York City Ballet .^[1]

Life

Elise Flagg was born December 23, 1951, in Detroit, Michigan. Her sister Laura is also a dancer.^[1]

In the 1960s and 1960s Flagg danced with the New York City Ballet. She was featured in George Balanchine's Western Symphony, Ivesiana and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She also performed in Richard Tanner's Octuor.^[1] After Gelsey Kirkland suffered injury, Flagg danced the Nightingale in Kirkland's place in John Taras' production of Song of the Nightingale at the 1972 Stravinsky Festival.^[2] After Kirkland recovered from her injury, Flagg resumed the role of the Mechanical Nightingale opposite her.^{[3] [4]}

Flagg runs a dance academy, the Elise Flagg Academy of Dance. In 2020 the academy moved from West Chicago to a new studio in Geneva, Illinois.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Anne . Commire . Anne Commire . Deborah . Klezmer . Flagg, Elise (1951–) . Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages . 2006 . https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/flagg-elise-1951 .
2. Book: Neale, Wendy . Ballet Life Behind the Scenes: From Classes, Rehearsals, and Performances to the Company and Home Lives of the Dancers . Crown . 1982 . 52-3 .
3. Book: Goldner, Nancy . The Stravinsky Festival of the New York City Ballet . Eakins Press . 1974 . 129 . 9780871300379 .
4. Book: Reynolds, Nancy . Repertory in Review: 40 Years of the New York City Ballet . Dial Press . 1977 . 299 . 9780803773684 .
5. Web site: Jason . Addy . New Geneva Studio Offers Safe Space For Dancers Amid Pandemic . . October 8, 2020 . September 7, 2022 .