Estelle Joan Sommers Content type Biography Blog Encyclopedia Article Lesson Plan Oral History Podcast Collection We Remember This Week in History The Feminist Revolution Women Rabbis Women of Valor Power Couples Soviet Jewry Baltimore DC Katrina Seattle Western Pioneers Death of Estelle Joan Sommers, “Empress of Dance” March 21, 1994 "I have always cherished my family, Israel and dance." - Estelle Joan Sommers http://jwa.org/thisweek/mar/21/1994/death-of-estelle-joan-sommers-empress-of-dance Estelle Joan Sommers Estelle Joan Sommers was a designer, entrepreneur, and executive who made her career in retail dancewear, introducing innovative designs for Capezio’s dance and exercise clothing.