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A Plus: Kids with Disabilities Get The Spotlight as They Dance with Their Peers in This Amazing Dance Class
"Dance is a powerful form of communication and expression that can be accessible to anyone, regardless of background, experience, or ability. To give people of all abilities the opportunity to experience the joys of dance National Dance Institute (NDI) created the Dancers Realize Excellence through Arts and Movement (D.R.E.A.M.) dance program. It's a week-long program pairing kids of various abilities with able-bodied kids."
One on One: Jacques d’Amboise Interview with Steve Adubato
New York City Ballet legend, Jacques d'Amboise, talks with Steve Adubato about his decades of professional dancing and how he founded the National Dance Institute to provide children the opportunity to participate in dance and the arts.
Romper: These Dancers Shook Up All Our Ideas about What Kids wWith Special Needs Have to Offer
"There are 40 dancers taking part in the program this year, and there seem to be almost as many adults in the room — including physical therapy students and dance instructors — working with the kids. Close to half of the children in the program have disabilities..."
ABC 7, NY Viewpoint: Interview with Ken Rosato
How do we measure NDI’s impact? Watch Ken Rosato interview with Traci and Ellen on NY Viewpoint (WABC, Channel 7) that aired on February 19, 2017.
Our Town: Dedicated to The Joy of Dance
"Jacques d’Amboise’s life reads like a fairytale. As a young boy growing up in the 1940s in Washington Heights, which he compares to “West Side Story” with its teenage gangs, his mother enrolled him in a ballet class."
ABC7: Backstage with Sandy Kenyon, National Dance Institute
"Even when you're an alum, you want to come back, you want to continue working here," student Clara Pallordet said. "It's just such a special opportunity, and it enlightens you so much, you want to continue with it."