Press & News
Harry: NDI Celebration Team and Ellen Weinstein on The Harry Connick Show
October 14, 2016
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
September 21, 2016
“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."
Forbes: National Dance Institute Offers Free Arts Education To Thousands Of Students Across U.S., China
July 31, 2016
"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."
WNYW’s Good Day Street Talk
July 1, 2016
Ellen Weinstein and children of National Dance Institute appears on WNYW Fox 5 Good Day Street Talk with Antwan Lewis.
The Huffington Post: A Nonprofit In Harlem Wants To Bring Dance To Every Public School In America
April 21, 2016
"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."
PBS NewsHour: Free Dance Lessons Teach NYC Students to Think on their Feet
July 20, 2015
The National Dance Institute has been sending dance instructors into New York City schools for nearly 40 years, teaching kids who would otherwise have little access to arts education.