Press & News
Manhattan Sideways: National Dance Institute
"Jacques d’Amboise is a legend and a hero not only in New York but around the country and throughout the world. He wants each child to succeed, and he has created an environment that helps them excel. His goal is pure and simple – instilling the desire in kids to be the best that they can be. What better way to do this than through dance?"
Eyewitness News (ABC with Sandy Kenyon): New York City Dance Students Atar in 'Enough' Video to Combat Gun Violence
"It says to people in power and people in charge, people with the resources to make change, that we don't view our lives as expendable," Eden Rolle added. "And we hope they don't either."
Dance Network: NDI’s Songs I’ve Sung On Broadway… And One I Wish I Had
"Former New York City Ballet star and legend of the dance world, Jacques d’Amboise knows how to throw a party. A week ago Monday night, stars from Broadway and film rolled into the National Dance Institute’s Harlem Learning and Arts Center for a new performance in the Jacques’ Art Nest series: Songs I’ve Sung On Broadway… And One I Wish I Had. The performance was both a benefit for NDI and a celebration of dance and arts education."
Remembering Jacques d’Amboise
Love That Max: Dancing on Wheels and Every Which Way
"Alexa, a 13-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy, travels close to four hours round-trip to participate in D.R.E.A.M. She does so with her two siblings, her mother, an adapted van, a power wheelchair, a suctioning apparatus, and a nurse."
Paste Magazine: Everytown Releases Sia-Soundtracked Gun Safety PSA Ahead of Upcoming Midterm Elections
"The video is backed by Sia’s “I’m Still Here” and features young dancers from National Dance Institute. It opens with an elementary-aged student walking into school, grabbing a balloon from a get-out-the-vote table organized by fellow students and playing with the balloon until it pops—triggering every student in the school..."