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NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE APPOINTS TIFFANY REA-FISHER AS THE HELEN STAMBLER NEUBERGER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE FOR THE 2024 SEASON

Acclaimed Theater Choreographer (The Tempest, Twelfth Night) and Artistic Director of EMERGE125 Joins NDI To Inspire The Next Generation Of Dancers

December 4, 2023 – New York, NY – Following her acclaimed choreography for the Public Theater’s summer 2023 production of The Tempest at The Delacorte Theater, the multi-talented artist Tiffany Rea-Fisher has been chosen as National Dance Institute’s (NDI) Artist-in-Residence for 2024.

The one-year residency, which began in October of 2023, is a recognition of Rea-Fisher’s two decades of inspiring talent as an artistic director, choreographer, dancer, curator, diversity advocate, and dance instructor. 

Tiffany Rea-Fisher is the Artistic Director of EMERGE125, a Mellon Foundation grant-funded dance  performance company headquartered out of Harlem and the Adirondacks, currently in residence at The Flea Theater. She is also the […]

On September 27th, NDI held a beautiful dedication of our space, now called the Arnold S. and Madaleine Penner Building at the Jacques d’Amboise Center for Learning & the Arts. The ceremony was a wonderful way to honor their long-standing friendship, commitment, and legacy between Arnold S. Penner and Jacques d’Amboise. The sun broke through the rainy skies just in time to celebrate this next chapter in NDI’s history.

It was a delightful and joyous event, filled with heartfelt speakers including the NYC Deputy Manhattan Borough President Keisha Sutton-James, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Deputy Commissioner Alton Murray, NYC District 9 Councilman-Elect Yusef Salaam, and Former NYC Councilman Alan Gerson as we unveiled our new space. The event also included uplifting words from NDI leadership and members of both the d’Amboise and Penner families shared beautiful memories of Arnold Penner and Jacques d’Amboise. Punctuating the evening was, of course, performances by the […]

Headline News highlights the NDI DREAM Project. “Disabled children dancing like never before…” Headline News highlighted the DREAM Project today…how it launched, its impact on the children and how special this program really is!

In honor of his 85th birthday, Chita Rivera, Camille A. Brown and more celebrate d’Amboise’s impact on Broadway and beyond.