Background
Estey, Audree Phipps was born on January 7, 1910 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of Robert and Anna (Harrington) Phipps.
Estey, Audree Phipps was born on January 7, 1910 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of Robert and Anna (Harrington) Phipps.
Student, Immaculate Heart College, 1929. Student, Ernest Belcher Ballet School, 1931. Student, Robert Major Drama School, 1931.
Student, Koslov Ballet School, 1931.
Actress-dancer Fox Studio, Hollywood, California, 1931-1932. Ballet teacher Lawrenceville and Princeton, New Jersey, 1938-1980, Perry Mansfield Camp, Steamboat Springs Colorado, summers 1949-1950. Head dance department Les Chalets Francais, Deer Isle, Maine, 1951-1973.
Founder non-profit Princeton (New Jersey) Ballet Society, 1954, director, consultant.
Founder Princeton Regional Ballet Company, 1963. Founder professional company, Princeton Ballet, 1979, American Repertory Ballet Company Host Northeast Regional Ballet Festival-Princeton, 1968.
Coordinator NortheastRegional Ballet Festival-Jacob"s Pillow, 1970. Appointed by governor New Jersey State Commission to Study Arts, 1968, trustee New Jersey School of the Arts, 1980.
Board directors Sarasota Ballet of Florida, 1989-1991, co-chair resource committee,1992-1993, member artistic committee, 1993.
Appointed by governor New Jersey State Commission to Study Arts, 1968. Trustee New Jersey School of the Arts, 1980. Board directors Sarasota Ballet of Florida, 1989-1991, co-chair resource committee, 1991-1993, member artistic committee, since 1993.
Member Northeast Regional Ballet Association (president, 1967-1968, executive vice president 1968-1971), Sarasota-Manatee Dance Teachers Association (president 1990-1993).
Married L. Wendell Estey, September 18, 1933. Children: Lawrence Mitchell, Carol.