Press & News
ABC News: Sia teams up with students to make awe-inspiring dance video with anti-gun violence message
"Pop singer Sia offered her latest track “I’m Still Here” for this powerful PSA. The video was produced by Phase II Creative and created by film director and producer Ezra Hurwitz and former New York City Ballet dancer Robbert Fairchild, who partnered with the non-profit gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety."
Dance Magazine: What Jacques d'Amboise Believes Dance Can Give The World
"In dance, you can set a goal that's a little higher than you think you're capable of at the moment. And you work until you reach it. And the skills that you learned to climb those rungs make you capable of climbing higher. The steps taken toward excellence never end."
Dance Magazine: Why Dancing Made Me A Marathon Runner
"In 1976, the New York City Ballet principal dancer ran the marathon the very first year that the course covered all five boroughs of New York City, according to The New Yorker. He trained for it without telling George Balanchine, mostly by running around the Central Park reservoir."
A Child Grows in Brooklyn: National Dance Institute Celebration Team at Symphony Space (UWS)
"Join NDI on stage at for a pre-performance workshop. Learn choreography from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and perform it for family and friends! Take home a goody bag to make your Saturday extra sweet! For children of all ages. Performance “At the River’s Edge” 2:00 pm."
Manhattan Sideways: National Dance Institute
"Jacques d’Amboise is a legend and a hero not only in New York but around the country and throughout the world. He wants each child to succeed, and he has created an environment that helps them excel. His goal is pure and simple – instilling the desire in kids to be the best that they can be. What better way to do this than through dance?"
Dance Network: NDI’s Songs I’ve Sung On Broadway… And One I Wish I Had
"Former New York City Ballet star and legend of the dance world, Jacques d’Amboise knows how to throw a party. A week ago Monday night, stars from Broadway and film rolled into the National Dance Institute’s Harlem Learning and Arts Center for a new performance in the Jacques’ Art Nest series: Songs I’ve Sung On Broadway… And One I Wish I Had. The performance was both a benefit for NDI and a celebration of dance and arts education."