Press & News
Now This: DREAM Project (Video)
February 28, 2017
"I really like dancing! It's my favorite thing to do," says 8-year-old Greta who was born with nemaline myopathy, a neuromuscular disorder... Check out NDI's DREAM Project video on NowThis that went viral!
One on One: Jacques d’Amboise Interview with Steve Adubato
February 27, 2017
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.
PBS News Hour: Struggling Schools Benefit from Adding Art to Learning
January 10, 2017
Traci Straus, NDI's Artistic Associate, appears in the segment of PBS Newshour tonight on the federal Turnaround Arts Program. NDI's Artistic Director Ellen Weinstein, Traci and Music Director Jerry Korman were asked to lead children in this program in Minnesota in 2016.
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."