Ellen Bar trained at the School of American Ballet for eight years. She was invited to join New York City Ballet at the age of 16 and was promoted to soloist at age 25. During her 14-year career, she danced leading roles in ballets by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins and in classics like Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. She has also produced documentary films set in the world of dance and served as NYC Ballet’s Director of Media Projects before moving on to freelance film producing, consulting, and most recently, writing fiction. THE FLOCK is her first novel.
A rich, decades-spanning novel about a group of friends coming together and falling apart in New York City - for fans of Meg Wolitzer and Maggie Shipstead.
