Press & News
Here and Now: National Dance Institute Interview (Video)
Sandra Bookman and NDI's Traci Lester (Executive Director), Bianca Johnson and Eden Rolle are discussing the importance of our work on "Here and Now" ABC7NY.
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.
Dance Network: National Dance Institute’s At The River’s Edge
"Hundreds of cheery and enthusiastic students from the Institute’s Celebration Team, SWAT Team, and First Team took the Skirball Stage to share with an audience of parents, supporters, and newcomers the relevance and power of dance and arts education existing in New York City’s Public School— through NDI."
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."
The Chronical of Philanthropy: New Chiefs at International Women’s Forum and National Dance Institute
New York Family: National Dance Institute 2018 Event of the Year "At The River’s Edge"
"Directed by Kelly Buwalda, this event will bring together over 200 talented dancers from NYC public schools in an exhilarating performance that celebrates cultures, creatures, and cities that thrive at the river’s edge. With original choreography and live music, the dancers will samba through the Amazon, strut along the Hudson, and set sail on the Mississippi. This performance will remind us of the river’s beauty, power to connect us all to each other, and the need to conserve these precious water sources for future generations."