PIX11 News at 5 highlights NDI’s Event of the Year
WPIX-TV (CW) features NDI’s 2019 Event of the Year on PIX11 News at 5.
7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend
Best of the weekly activities for kids.
NDI’s Event of the Year on FOX 5 News at 5
WNYW-NY covers NDI’s 2019 Event of the Year “Voices of Change” on their News at 5 (television) segment.
Crain’s features NDI’s 2019 Gala
“Into the Groove”
The National Dance Institute held its annual gala on April 15, raising nearly $1.5 mullion to support its arts education programs. Honoree Chris Sclank, founder and co-managing partner at Savanna; NDI Founder Jacques d’Amboise, former principal dancer at the New York City Ballet; and honoree Daymond John, CEO and founder of FUBU, were among the 400 attendees. The dance institute’s students did a special performance.
(Crain, May 13, 2019, By Cheryl S. Grant)
Kids With Disabilities Are Getting To Dance Like Never Before
“Everyone can — and should — have the chance to dance.”
Dance is a powerful form of expression that can be used to communicate who you are, and how you feel. The amazing people at the National Dance Institute (NDI) know this better than most, and believe everyone, of all abilities, should have the opportunity to dance. That’s why they created the DREAM Project or Dancers Realize Excellence through Arts and Movement, a semi-annual week-long inclusive dance program for children who are differently-abled.
Each child who goes to DREAM gets partnered with a neuro-typical peer who helps them get the most out of the program through teamwork. At the end of the five days, all the kids get to put on a performance to celebrate their hard work […]
New York Minute: National Dance Institute DREAM Project
Feb 16, 2019 | FOX5 | New York Minute
The New Yorker: Balanchine’s Ballerinas
"Four great dancers from New York City Ballet’s past—Gloria Govrin, Allegra Kent, Kay Mazzo, and Merrill Ashley—will talk about the roles created or adapted for them by George Balanchine in ballets like “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,” “Stravinsky Violin Concerto,” and “Liebeslieder Walzer.” (The conversation will be moderated by another great American ballerina, Wendy Whelan.)"
Artsy: The Photographer who Immortalized the Movement of the New York City Ballet
"Swope viewed Balanchine and his muses—among them Allegra Kent, Suzanne Farrell, Patricia McBride, and Jacques d’Amboise—with intimacy and tenderness. The genius technique and style of Farrell and Balanchine, especially when she danced under his tutelage, often softens into vulnerability through her lens."
New York Times: Balanchine’s ‘Apollo’: On Gods, Ballet and the Creation of Poetic Art
"Mr. d’Amboise is clear that Apollo is “a wild, untamed youth who learns nobility through art.” Balanchine, he said, loved to recall the Paris critic who, reacting negatively to the original 1928 production, said, “Whoever saw Apollo on his knees?” (Balanchine’s response: “Whoever saw Apollo?”)"
Mommy Poppins: 50 Best Things to Do in Harlem with Kids
"Enroll in dance or percussion classes at the National Dance Institute."