Nancy Wallin Flores Lessler, better known as Nancy Flores, is an
American professional dancer, actor, and mural painter. Lessler is a
two-time champion of the Fred Astaire national competition in ballroom
dancing. She has also appeared in the U.S. Air Force Band's Guest
Artist Series when it focused on dancing. Flores and dancing partner
Gary Gekhman, who appeared on ABC-TV's "Dancing with the Stars,"
received an award for their participation from Major General Darren W.
McDew.Lessler graduated from the Beard School in Orange, New Jersey
(now Morristown-Beard School) in . After studying painting at the
Parsons School of Design, Lesser joined the Shipstads & Johnson Ice
Follies, a touring ice show. She trained as an artist under Harriet
and David Boyd at the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, New Jersey.
In , Lesser received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Loyola
College (now Loyola University Maryland) in Baltimore,
Maryland.Lessler won the Pro/Am International Competition for Latin
American Dancing with her son, Tytus Bergstrom. She was also a
national finalist for Latin American ballroom dance event at the U.S.
Rising Star Latin American Ballroom Dance competition run by the
National Dance Council of America.Lessler performed in a production of
the play Twelfth Night by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in
Washington, D.C. Since , she has also performed with the Washington
National Opera at the Kennedy Center. Her performances with the
National Opera include: Salome, Don Giovanni, The Flying
Dutchman,Madama Butterfly, Aida, Samson and Dalilah, Die Fledermaus,
Andrea Chenier, La Traviata, Lucrezia Borgia, Luisa Fernanda, Hamlet,
and Macbeth.
American professional dancer, actor, and mural painter. Lessler is a
two-time champion of the Fred Astaire national competition in ballroom
dancing. She has also appeared in the U.S. Air Force Band's Guest
Artist Series when it focused on dancing. Flores and dancing partner
Gary Gekhman, who appeared on ABC-TV's "Dancing with the Stars,"
received an award for their participation from Major General Darren W.
McDew.Lessler graduated from the Beard School in Orange, New Jersey
(now Morristown-Beard School) in . After studying painting at the
Parsons School of Design, Lesser joined the Shipstads & Johnson Ice
Follies, a touring ice show. She trained as an artist under Harriet
and David Boyd at the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, New Jersey.
In , Lesser received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Loyola
College (now Loyola University Maryland) in Baltimore,
Maryland.Lessler won the Pro/Am International Competition for Latin
American Dancing with her son, Tytus Bergstrom. She was also a
national finalist for Latin American ballroom dance event at the U.S.
Rising Star Latin American Ballroom Dance competition run by the
National Dance Council of America.Lessler performed in a production of
the play Twelfth Night by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in
Washington, D.C. Since , she has also performed with the Washington
National Opera at the Kennedy Center. Her performances with the
National Opera include: Salome, Don Giovanni, The Flying
Dutchman,Madama Butterfly, Aida, Samson and Dalilah, Die Fledermaus,
Andrea Chenier, La Traviata, Lucrezia Borgia, Luisa Fernanda, Hamlet,
and Macbeth.
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