Calendar of Events

Learn the NDI Method in this intensive teacher training. The course includes daily teaching opportunities with live music, choreography workshops, stimulating group discussions, and presentations from leaders in dance and education. ...

Calling all NDI Alumni: Run! Roll! Leap! Dance! NDI is launching an event Friday, Aug 8th to kick-off our 50th Anniversary. NDI’s signature Runs & Leaps have been performed by tens of thousands of children across NYC, the USA, and across the globe! Whether you danced with us 30 years ago, 10 years ago, or just this year, here’s your chance reignite your inner Star Child and celebrate NDI! ...

The NDI DREAM Project (Dancers Realize Excellence through Arts and Movement) is an inclusive dance program that provides children with and without disabilities the opportunity to perform. In this unique program, children with a wide range of disabilities and a group of age-matched, non-disabled peers from NDI’s Advanced Teams become partners, dancing and performing together with the goals of maximizing participation and challenging every dancer to achieve their best through teamwork, creativity, empathy, and discovery. The program culminates in a performance celebrating each child’s success, the joy of inclusion, and the transformative power of dance. ...

The NDI DREAM Project Teaching Artist Training will give you a hands-on, empowering introduction to NDI’s teaching techniques and philosophy for working with children with disabilities using dance and live music to engage every child. We will spend the mornings actively observing the NDI DREAM Project, which will include a group of children with a wide range of developmental disabilities and their age-matched peers, all between the ages of 6 and 18. ...

NDI's Fall Benefit will take place on Monday, November 10, 2025. This annual Fall fundraiser will feature stars from New York City's dance world in the intimate setting of the Howard Gilman Performance Space at NDI. All proceeds from this event will support the award-winning arts education programs of National Dance Institute. ...

Join us for an intimate evening of music, dance, and conversation to celebrate NDI's 50th Anniversary and the enormous impact of our Founder Jacques d'Amboise on contemporary dance. Stay tuned for more details coming soon! Monday, Feb 2, 2026
at 7:00 PM The Howard Gilman Performance Space Jacques d'Amboise Center for Learning & the Arts 217 West 147th Street, New York, NY 10039 ...

Homecoming is one of the highlights of the NDI year. Come dance to all the NDI Classics with alums of all ages! Cheer on the new NDI Advanced teams as they perform new pieces, and reunite with your NDI friends and teachers. ...

Celebrating 50 Years, NDI's 50th Annual Gala will be held on Monday, April 27, 2026 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.The highlight of the Spring social calendar, NDI's Annual Gala raises $1.7 million in support of our award-winning arts education programs for thousands of children in New York City public schools each year. This eagerly-anticipated event will include a festive cocktail reception followed by an elegant sit-down dinner punctuated by a spirited live auction, and special performances by the children of National Dance Institute that will send guests' spirits and hearts soaring! ...