Press & News
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."
Forbes: National Dance Institute Offers Free Arts Education To Thousands Of Students Across U.S., In China
"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