Sophie Flack
Encyclopedia
Sophie Flack is a performance
and visual artist, author and former dancer with the New York City Ballet
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in 1983, Sophie Flack began her dance training at age 7 at the Boston Ballet
School. She continued further ballet studies with Jacqueline Cronsberg, and spent summers dancing with the Chautauqua Festival Dancers and training with Suzanne Farrell
at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C.
At age 14, Flack was awarded a full scholarship to attend the School of American Ballet
(SAB), the official school of the New York City Ballet. While at SAB, she performed in the school’s lecture demonstrations with Suki Schorer
and Jock Soto
.
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
and visual artist, author and former dancer with the New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
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Early life
Born in Watertown, MassachusettsWatertown, Massachusetts
The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census.- History :Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England...
in 1983, Sophie Flack began her dance training at age 7 at the Boston Ballet
Boston Ballet
Boston Ballet, founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams, was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England. Boston Ballet’s national and international reputation developed under the leadership of Artistic Directors Violette Verdy , Bruce Marks , and Anna-Marie Holmes...
School. She continued further ballet studies with Jacqueline Cronsberg, and spent summers dancing with the Chautauqua Festival Dancers and training with Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrell is an eminent 20th century ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C....
at the Kennedy Center
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
At age 14, Flack was awarded a full scholarship to attend the School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...
(SAB), the official school of the New York City Ballet. While at SAB, she performed in the school’s lecture demonstrations with Suki Schorer
Suki Schorer
Suki Schorer is an American ballet dancer, ballet mistress, teacher, and writer.She danced with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet from 1959 to 1972....
and Jock Soto
Jock Soto
Jock Soto is a former American ballet dancer and current ballet instructor.-Career:Soto danced featured roles in over 40 ballets, of which more than 35 were created for him....
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