Peggy Sager
Peggy Sager (1924 – 2002) was an Australian dancer and educator.
The daughter of James and Rose Sager, she was born in
She married dancer Paul Hammond in 1945. In 1959, she married businessman Ken Taylor.[3]
Sager opened a ballet school with her first husband in Melbourne in 1953.[4] In 1954, she received the RAD's advanced teacher's certificate. For a number of years after her retirement from performing, she was director of the Peggy Sager School of Ballet in Mount Eliza. She also served on the board of The Australian Ballet.[2]
Sager was known for her technical ability although she was told by English dancer Anton Dolin that she was "not a chocolate-box beauty".[3]
She appeared in the 1948 film The Red Shoes.[2][1]
Sager died in Coffs Harbour at the age of 78.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Leading Ballerinas: Miss Peggy Sager". The West Australian. Perth, Western Australia. 26 April 1952. p. 13. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Sager, Peggy". Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia.
- ^ a b c d "All she wanted to do was dance". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 2002.
- ^ "Women in the Theatre: Fillip for Ballet". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 21 February 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
External links
- Peggy Sager at IMDb
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