Eva Haalke (née Hansen; 2 April 1912 – 24 October 2003) was a Norwegian dancer and ballet teacher. She was born in

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, and was a sister of painter

Hjalmar Haalke Hjalmar Kristian Haalke (12 April 1894 – 1 December 1964) was a Norwegian painter. Biography Born Hjalmar Hansen at Bakklandet in Trondheim, he was the son of Hartwig Julius Hansen (1865–1938) and Therese Kristine Torsnes (1872–1936) ...

, and sister-in-law of novelist

Magnhild Haalke Magnhild Haalke (12 August 1885 – 18 October 1984) was a Norwegian novelist.Erik Bjerck Hagen"Magnhild Haalke" Store norske leksikon /ref> Biography Magnhild Camilla Kvaale was born in Vikna Municipality, an island municipality off the Namd ...

. 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 The Vaganova method is a ballet technique and training system devised by the Russian dancer and pedagogue Agrippina Vaganova (1879–1951). It was derived from the teachings of the ''Premier Maître de Ballet'' Marius Petipa, throughout the lat ...

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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1912 births 2003 deaths People from Trondheim Norwegian ballerinas {{Norway-bio-stub