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One on One: Jacques d’Amboise Interview with Steve Adubato
New York City Ballet legend, Jacques d'Amboise, talks with Steve Adubato about his decades of professional dancing and how he founded the National Dance Institute to provide children the opportunity to participate in dance and the arts.
Romper: These Dancers Shook Up All Our Ideas about What Kids wWith Special Needs Have to Offer
"There are 40 dancers taking part in the program this year, and there seem to be almost as many adults in the room — including physical therapy students and dance instructors — working with the kids. Close to half of the children in the program have disabilities..."
ABC 7, NY Viewpoint: Interview with Ken Rosato
How do we measure NDI’s impact? Watch Ken Rosato interview with Traci and Ellen on NY Viewpoint (WABC, Channel 7) that aired on February 19, 2017.
Our Town: Dedicated to The Joy of Dance
"Jacques d’Amboise’s life reads like a fairytale. As a young boy growing up in the 1940s in Washington Heights, which he compares to “West Side Story” with its teenage gangs, his mother enrolled him in a ballet class."
ABC7: Backstage with Sandy Kenyon, National Dance Institute
"Even when you're an alum, you want to come back, you want to continue working here," student Clara Pallordet said. "It's just such a special opportunity, and it enlightens you so much, you want to continue with it."
PBS News Hour: Struggling Schools Benefit from Adding Art to Learning
Traci Straus, NDI's Artistic Associate, appears in the segment of PBS Newshour tonight on the federal Turnaround Arts Program. NDI's Artistic Director Ellen Weinstein, Traci and Music Director Jerry Korman were asked to lead children in this program in Minnesota in 2016.