Trivia

She was honored as a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1989.

Like many ballet dancers do when they retire, she choreographed and taught dance.

She was a chair of the Ballettens Private Pensionskasse, a cause to the funding of retirement pensions for elderly former dancers.

In 1988, she accepted Frank Andersen's invitation to become Assistant Artistic Director of the Royal Danish Ballet. In 1999, she was appointed Director of the Royal Danish Opera, a post she held until 2001.

She had two children, Nilas Martins and Ask la Cour who both went onto dance with the New York City Ballet.

In 2002, she moved to San Jose, California, where she was appointed school director of the Ballet San Jose until she established her own school, Lise la Cour's LaCademy of Ballet, in 2012.