Background
She was born in Trondheim, and was a sister of painter Hjalmar Haalke, and sister-in-law of novelist Magnhild Haalke.
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Eva Haalke
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She started learning ballet when she was nine years old. As a young woman she performed in a number of operas and operettas, at various Norwegian theatres. After the Second World War she studied the Vaganova method in London.
In 1950 she founded a ballet school in Oslo.
Among her students were several later professional dancers. The best known is probably Espen Giljane.
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Norway