Audrée Phipps Estey | |
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Born |
Audrée Phipps January 7, 1910 |
Died | June 6, 2002 Deer Isle, Maine |
(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 the founder of the Princeton Ballet Society and the American Repertory Ballet.
She was born on January 7, 1910 as Audrée Phipps. She married and had a son, Lawrence M. Estey and a daughter, Carol Estey. 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.