Harry: NDI Celebration Team and Ellen Weinstein (Video)
NDI Artistic Director Ellen Weinstein and the NDI Celebration Team performed and spoke with Harry Connick Jr. on HARRY.
The New York Observer: Second Act: Dance Legend Jacques D’Amboise Still Going Strong at 82
“Balanchine let me do anything I want. The other dancers used to complain…I’d go to Balanchine and say, ‘I’m going to do a movie, I won’t be here for three months’…I never asked him,” d’Amboise says."
Amsterdam News: National Dance Institute Announces New Executive director
"Former education, nonprofit and human services executive Traci Lester is assuming the role as executive director of the Harlem-based National Dance Institute. She began her new position this week."
Forbes: National Dance Institute Offers Free Arts Education To Thousands Of Students Across U.S., In China
"We’re emotional creatures. We look up at the stars, we’re filled with wonder, and begin to express our emotions through music, sound and dance, and then that evolves into paintings, drawings."
Harlem Community News: More than 200 Talented Dancers from Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx will Perform at the 40th Anniversary Celebration of National Dance Institute
"The Event of the Year will bring together more than 200 talented dancers from NYC public schools across Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx for an end-of-school year performance."
Closer Weekly: Bringing Dance to All Children
"'These kids have so much stress in their lives,' Charlotte d’Amboise, Jacques’ daughter says. 'When you have all this energy, dance is the best thing.'”
The Huffington Post: A Nonprofit In Harlem Wants To Bring Dance To Every Public School In America
"In performances, we don’t have a front in the room. We’re always turning the room around so there’s no back line, splitting the room in half so that we can make sure the kids in the middle are really embracing and understanding the material and can lead on their own."