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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2006). "Flagg, Elise (1951–)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages.
  2. ↑ Neale, Wendy (1982). Ballet Life Behind the Scenes: From Classes, Rehearsals, and Performances to the Company and Home Lives of the Dancers. Crown. pp. 52–3.
  3. ↑ Goldner, Nancy (1974). The Stravinsky Festival of the New York City Ballet. Eakins Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780871300379.
  4. ↑ Reynolds, Nancy (1977). Repertory in Review: 40 Years of the New York City Ballet. Dial Press. p. 299. ISBN 9780803773684.
  5. ↑ Addy, Jason (October 8, 2020). "New Geneva Studio Offers Safe Space For Dancers Amid Pandemic". Patch. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
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