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Flack became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in October 2000, joined the Corps de Ballet in 2001, and danced until she left the company in 2009.<ref name="Wakin-2009"/><ref name="NYCB-Sophie"/> She graduated from Professional Children's School<ref name="Courlas-2007"/> and has been continuing her college studies at Columbia University.<ref name="Courlas-2009"/> |
Flack became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in October 2000, joined the Corps de Ballet in 2001, and danced until she left the company in 2009.<ref name="Wakin-2009"/><ref name="NYCB-Sophie"/> She graduated from Professional Children's School<ref name="Courlas-2007"/> and has been continuing her college studies at Columbia University.<ref name="Courlas-2009"/> |
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Revision as of 21:03, 19 September 2011
Sophie Flack (born 1983) is a performance and visual artist and former dancer with the New York City Ballet.
Early life
Born in Watertown, Massachusetts 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.[1][2] While at SAB, she performed in the school’s lecture demonstrations with Suki Schorer and Jock Soto.[2]
Career
Flack became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in October 2000, joined the Corps de Ballet in 2001, and danced until she left the company in 2009.[3][2] She graduated from Professional Children's School[4] and has been continuing her college studies at Columbia University.[1]
In addition to her work in the performance arts, Flack is also a visual artist. [4][1]
References
- ^ a b c Courlas, Gia (June 29, 2009). "Sophie Flack: A nine-year NYCB dancer discusses her recent layoff". TimeOut New York. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Sophie Flack". New York City Ballet. Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
- ^ Wakin, Daniel J (July 22, 2009). "Sudden Finale". New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2011. With lead picture of Flack warming up in a dance studio in 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ a b Courlas, Gia (November 22, 2007). "And All That Jazz..." TimeOut New York. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
This holiday, give a Sophie Flack—the NYCB dancer moonlights as a painter.