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]