national dance institute about ndi National Dance Institute (NDI) is a non-profit arts education organization founded in 1976 by ballet star Jacques d’Amboise. Through school partnerships, workshops and public performances, NDI uses dance as a catalyst to engage children and motivate them toward excellence. at a glance • In the current school year, NDI’s In-School Program serves 42 partner schools in the NYC area, reaching more than 6,000 children each week. • NDI works with every child on a grade, including English Language Learners and children with special needs. • A Master Teacher/Choreographer, Musician/Composer and Assistant Teacher lead every NDI class. • NDI serves diverse low-income communities. Nearly 60% of NDI dancers are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. • Approximately 71% of the students we serve are children of color. • NDI’s Advanced Scholarship Programs offer extended training outside of school for exceptionally motivated children who demonstrate the passion and committment to immerse themselves in a greater challenge. • Throughout our 39-year history, NDI has successfully seeded programs throughout the United States. There are currently 11 associate programs in the United States as well as one in Shanghai, China. • NDI has led cultural exchanges around the world, including Russia, India, Africa, Israel, Palestine, Bali, China and Switzerland. • NDI’s core programs are free for every child. awards Over the years, NDI and Founder Jacques d’Amboise have earned prestigious honors including the MacArthur Genius Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ Coming Up Taller Award, People Magazine’s People First Honoree, the Arison Award, NYC Mayor’s Award of Honor for Art and Culture, Governor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Art and Culture of New York State, and induction into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, among many others. press

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...inspiring children through the arts. about ndi cont’d programs IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM ADVANCED PROGRAMS NDI’s In-School Program is exuberant and intellectually SWAT Team engaging – and unlike any other program of its kind. The (Scholarships for the Willing, Achieving and Talented) program consists of two models: a year-long program as well as Approximately 100 dancers selected from the In-School Program shorter, intensive residencies. A Master Teacher/Choreographer, receive advanced dance instruction for 3-5 hours each Saturday Musician/Composer, and an Assistant Teacher lead an entire or at selected after-school locations. The program culminates in grade level in classes that take place during the school day, NDI’s Event of the Year, a large-scale public performance featuring deeply rooting the arts in a school’s culture and curriculum. In the SWAT and Celebration Team dancers. the process, our teachers foster in students a love of the arts and a curiosity about the world. The In-School Program teaches skills Celebration Team vital to a child’s education – critical thinking and collaboration, Approximately 90 dancers who demonstrate an extraordinary habits of healthy living, global perspective, cultural literacy, commitment throughout their NDI training are given the ability to communicate ideas through an art form, an scholarships to join our most advanced performance troupe. essential confidence in his or her ability to learn, and a hunger These dancers perform year-round in a variety of locations, for continued achievement. At the core of NDI’s success is its which have included Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, Juilliard, unique pedagogy, developed over decades, that addresses the New York City Center, the Kennedy Center for the Performing needs of children across a spectrum of abilities. NDI serves all Arts, the White House, as well as in nationally televised events. children including those with physical and cognitive challenges, blind and deaf children, and English language learners. Irene Diamond Summer Institute A month-long performing arts academy, this rigorous program NDI special partnerships include: combines a full schedule of classes in ballet, jazz, tap, ethnic • Lighthouse International, a school for children who are dance, modern, music and theater. Special guest artists introduce blind or visually impaired the children to a range of artistic experiences. Each year, 100 full • A Special Forces program at PS 199 that pairs scholarships are awarded. special needs students with general education students Event of the Year TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING Each June, NDI’s Advanced Scholarship Programs culminate with a final Event of the Year. The Event features original NDI Teaching Artists are professional dancers and musicians choreography and music, and professionally-designed sets, trained in NDI’s unique, award-winning pedagogy. NDI offers costumes, and lighting. Dancers perform over three days for Teaching Artist Trainings in New York City, including a Two- New York City audiences. Free performances are offered to Week Intensive and a Special Popluations Workshop, that New York City public school children participating in our In- enable professional dancers and dance educators to study School Program. NDI’s renowned teaching methodology. Our Master Teachers also share NDI’s pedagogy with communities throughout the U.S. and internationally through Teaching Artist Training residencies.

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM NDI dancers have benefited greatly from international cultural exchanges, withartists and children from countries such as China, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Palestine, Russia and Bali. NDI regularly hosts international visitors in New York City, most recently teachers and students from the Shanghai Children’s Palace in China, ConArte in Mexico City, and master choreographers from Bali. Through these exchanges, our dancers build cultural literacy and global awareness, and are exposed to diverse cultural traditions and styles. national dance institute center for learning & the arts National Dance Institute officially opened the doors of its permanent home in the fall of 2011. The NDI Center, comprised of four studios including a performance space, two galleries and administrative offices, furthers our mission and expands our reach, serving as a beacon for children, teachers and artists in the community and worldwide.

...inspiring children through the arts. national dance institute Jacques d’Amboise Jacques d’Amboise (Founder) Recognized as one of the finest classical dancers of our time, Jacques d’Amboise now leads the field of arts education with a model program that exposes thousands of school children to the magic and discipline of dance. In 1976, while still a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, Mr. d’Amboise founded National Dance Institute in the belief that the arts have a unique power to engage and motivate individuals towards excellence.

His contributions in arts education have earned him numerous awards and honors including: The Governor’s Award for outstanding contributions to the arts and culture of New York State (1986); The Paul Robeson Award for excellence in the field of the humanities (1988); The First Annual Producers Circle Award for public service (1989); a 1990 MacArthur Fellowship: The Capezio Award (1990); The Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1993); The Museum of the City of New York - $24 Award; The National Caring Award, The Caring Institute (1995); The Kennedy Center Honors (1995); NCEA St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award (1996); The National Medal of Arts (1998); The Dance Magazine Award (1999); Town Hall Friend of the Arts Award (2000); The Heinz Award (2001); People First Honoree, People Magazine (2002); The Arison Award (2002); The James Keller Youth Award, The Christophers (2002); The Mayor’s Award for Arts & Culture (2004); induction into The American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2007); The Children’s Champion Award, Child Magazine (2007); The Vasterling Award for Artistic Vision and Excellence in Dance (2010); The Fred and Adele Astaire Award (2011); Dance Teacher Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2011); and The Nancy Hank Fellowship - Duke University. He holds Honorary Doctorates from the Julliard School, Duke University, Boston College, University of the South, Franklin Pierce College, St. Joseph College, Montclair State University, Monmouth University, Bates College, Saint Peter’s College, the College of New Rochelle, and Bank Street College of Education. Mr. d’Amboise is also an Honorary Big Brother.

“He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’,” a 1984 PBS documentary film about his work with NDI, won an Academy Award, six Emmy Awards, the Peabody Award, the Golden Cine Award, and the National Education Association Award for the advancement of learning through broadcasting. He has also served as a full professor and Dean of Dance for two years at SUNY Purchase, and for 11 years as visiting professor at the College of Creative Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara. Mr. d’Amboise began his ballet training with Madame Seda in Washington Heights, New York. Within a year, at the age of eight, he continued his studies at the School of American Ballet with George Balanchine, Anatola Oboukhoff and Pierre Vladimiroff. At age 12 he performed with Ballet Society, the immediate predecessor to New York City Ballet. Three years later, barely 15, he joined New York City Ballet and the following year made his European debut at London’s Covent Garden. As Balanchine’s protégé, Mr. d’Amboise had more works choreographed specifically for him by The Ballet Master than any other dancer, including the ballets: Stars and Stripes, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Episodes, Figures in the Carpet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jewels, Raymonda Variations, Meditation, and Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet. Mr. d’Amboise is most remembered for his portrayal of what critics called “the definitive Apollo.” As a choreographer, Mr. d’Amboise’s credits include almost twenty works commissioned for New York City Ballet.

Mr. d’Amboise’s work in dance education has taken him all over the world—from the extremes of Yakutsk, Siberia, to the Danakil Desert in Ethiopia, from over 1,200 feet below sea level at the Dead Sea to the mountains of Nepal, and from the dryness of the Atacama Desert in Chile to rainforests on the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Chain. Over the last 30 years, NDI programs in New York City and its associates, both nationally and internationally, have reached and influenced over 2 million children, in particular the programs National Dance Institute have integrated with the city of Shanghai, China.

“The arts open your heart and mind to possibilities that are limitless. They are pathways that touch upon our brains and emotions and bring sustenance to imagination. Human beings’ greatest form of communication, they walk in tandem with science and play, and best describe what it is to be human.” -Jacques d’Amboise

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Ellen Weinstein artistic director Ellen Weinstein began teaching and choreographing for National Dance Institute in 1985 and was named Artistic Director in 1995. Through NDI, her work has been performed at venues as varied as Carnegie Hall, the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. Her chore- ography, “Wade in the Water,” was featured at the White House at a state dinner hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton. As an artistic consultant to NDI’s national outreach pro- grams, Ms. Weinstein has set works and directed residencies in major cities across the country. She traveled to Moscow as a consultant for NDI’s artistic exchange with the Soviet Union and also worked with children in Madras, India. Prior to joining NDI, she danced professionally with the Savannah Ballet, the Garden State Ballet and several contemporary dance companies. Ms. Weinstein served as adjunct professor in process pedagogy at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She received a BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase.

Kathy Landau executive director Kathy Landau joined NDI as Executive Director in May 2010. She brings extensive experi- ence as a senior executive in branding, marketing and new business development. Kathy’s diverse background includes a successful history of building high-profile brands, innovat- ing high-impact marketing and PR strategies and securing high-visibility brand awareness. Prior to joining NDI, Kathy was President and founder of KL Concepts Inc., a consult- ing and design firm with clients and strategic alliances that ranged from luxury brands to media-driven businesses and entertainment industry leaders. Before founding her own company, Kathy worked with Diane von Furstenberg for more than 10 years. While at DVF Studio, she repositioned and restructured the designer’s business, building a multi- level and multi-brand organization with both domestic and international partners. Kathy completed her formal studies at Brown University with a focus in art history and dance. She is the mother of two NDI dancers, making her an especially strong advocate for NDI.

inspiring children through the arts national dance institute board of directors officers affiliation joined NDI chair Kathy Mele Educator 2006 vice chairs Edith Fassberg General Counsel 2010 The Trout Group

Helen Stambler Neuberger Arts Administrator 2004 Artist secretary Carole Sobin Corporate Secretary 2011 Consolidated Edison treasurer Robert D. Krinsky Chairman Emeritus 1985 The Segal Company founder Jacques d’Amboise Founder 1976 National Dance Institute artistic director Ellen Weinstein Artistic Director 1996 National Dance Institute directors affiliation joined NDI

Deborah Colson Founding Partner 2012 Colson & Harris LLP

Lauren B. Cramer Senior Associate 2007 McLaughlin & Stern, LLP

Richard DeScherer Chief Legal Officer 1988 Bloomberg LP

Valerie T. Diker Founding Chair 1996 NDI-New Mexico

Patricia Dugan-Perlmuth Senior Vice President 2013 The Corcoran Group Real Estate

Carol Travis Friscia Community Volunteer 2012

Dufftin Garcia Teacher / Choreographer / Alumnus 2006 National Dance Institute

National Dance Institute, 217 West 147 Street, New York, NY 10039 212-226-0083 www.nationaldance.org board of directors cont’d directors (cont’d) affiliation joined NDI

Lisa Huestis Associate Professor, Humanities and Literature 2013 The New School for Social Research

Ed Hynes Financial Advisor 1996

Maximilien Maisonrouge Associate 2015 Cahill, Gordon & Reindel

Ketty Pucci-Sisti Maisonrouge President 1991 Luxury Education Foundation

Kerry Sperling Moelis Community Volunteer 2011

Jenny Morgenthau Executive Director 1987 Fresh Air Fund

Arnold S. Penner Private Real Estate Investor 1988

Daniel Rayner Founding Partner 2011 Rayner Rowe LLP

Nili de Rothschild Community Volunteer 1984

Anya Herz Shiva Community Volunteer 2010

Linda Singer Founder 2008 Singer Travel Associates

Marc S. Solomon Founder 2014 The Solomon Organization

Eva-Maria Tausig President 1983 Nantucket Musical Arts Society

Judy Weston Community Volunteer 2000

Yadey T. Yawand-Wossen Managing Director 2013 Asian Century Quest Capital

Shirley Young Chair 2013 US-China Cultural Institute

Alex Yuan Principal 2014 StepStone Group directors emerita affiliation joined NDI

Susan Newhouse Community Volunteer 1976

Jacynth Paterson Orridge Community Volunteer 1991 national dance institute partner schools manhattan PS 124 The Filomen M. D’Agostino brooklyn Partner since 1985 Greenberg Music School at 40 Division Street IS 223/Mott Hall Lighthouse International PS 8 (Chinatown) Partner since 1984 Partner 1989–2004; Partner since 2010 71-111 Convent Avenue 2008–present 37 Hicks Street PS 126 (Harlem) 111 East 59th Street (Brookyn Heights/DUMBO) Partner since 2013 (Midtown East) 80 Catherine Street PS 1 PS 10 (Chinatown) Partner since 1985 Girls Prep Partner since 2012 8 Henry Street Partner since 2013 511 7th Avenue PS 130 (Chinatown) 442 E. Houston Street (Park Slope) Partner since 1985 (Lower East Side) 143 Baxter Street PS 2 PS 235 (Chinatown) Partner since 1985 Hunter College Partner since 1998 122 Henry Street Elementary School 525 Lenox Road PS 161 (Chinatown) Partner 1981–1984; 1997–present (East Flatbush) Partner since 2011 71 East 94th Street 499 West 133rd Street PS 6 (Upper East Side) PS 255 /The Barbara Reing School (Harlem) Partner since 2013 Partner Since 2014 45 East 81st Street Speyer Legacy School 1866 East 17th Street PS 163 (Upper East Side) Partner since 2011 (Gravesend) Partner since 2005 15 West 86th Street PS 7 163 West 97th Street (Upper West Side) queens Partner since 2013 (Upper West Side) 160 East 120th Street Success Academy Harlem East PS 45 PS 183 (East Harlem) Partner since 2013 Partner since 2012 Partner since 1991 141 East 11th Street 126-128 150th Street 419 East 66th Street PS 20 (East Harlem) (South Ozone Park) Partner since 2009 (Upper East Side) 166 Essex Street Success Academy Harlem West (Lower East Side) PS 189 Partner since 2013 Partner since 1984 215 West 114th Street PS 33/Chelsea Prep 2580 Amsterdam Ave (West Harlem) Partner since 2006 (Washington Heights) 281 9th Avenue bronx (Chelsea) PS 199 Partner since 1997 Boys Prep Bronx PS 40 270 West 70th Street Partner since 2014 Partner 1979–1998; 2005–present (Upper West Side) 1695 Seward Avenue 319 East 19th Street (South Bronx) (Gramercy) PS 234 Partner since 2007 Girls Prep Bronx PS 41 292 Greenwich Street Partner since 2013 Partner since 2006 (Tribeca) 681 Kelly Street 116 West 11th Street (South Bronx) (Greenwich Village) PS 290/Manhattan New School Partner since 1996 MS 302/Luisa Dessus Cruz PS 77/Lower Lab 311 East 82nd Street Partner since 2014 Partner since 2013 (Upper East Side) 681 Kelly Street 1700 Third Avenue (South Bronx) (Upper East Side) PS 397/Spruce Street School Partner since 2013 PS 105 PS 87 12 Spruce Street Partner since 2003 Partner since 2011 (Lower East Side) 725 Brady Avenue 160 West 78th Street (Pelham) (Upper West Side) PS 452 Partner since 2010 Success Academy Bronx 1 PS 110 100 W 77th Street Partner since 2013 Partner since 2009 (Upper West Side) 339 Morris Avenue 285 Delancey Street (South Bronx) (Chinatown) PS 859/Special Music School Partner since 2006 PS 123 129 West 67th Street Partner since 2011 (Upper West Side) 301 West 140th Street (Harlem)

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The 2014 NDI Annual Gala Mayor Michael Bloomberg and The 2008 Event of the Year: NDI’S Tiny Tots are re-named honors longtime supporters other prominent officials cut Volando a México, directed the First Team, in memory and friends of NDI, Barbara the ribbon to NDI’s new home, by NDI Master Teacher of long-time supporter and and Donald Tober, as well the National Dance Institute Dr. Jenny Seham, is the Board Member Joanna First. as renowned chef Marcus Center for Learning & the culmination of a year-long Samuelsson. Arts, on West147th Street in study of Mexico. 11 children 20 NDI dancers and alumni Harlem. from ConArte in Mexico City go to Shanghai, China for a NDI’s 2014 Event of the participate in the Event. month-long residency. Year, Under One Sky: NDI A delegation travels to China Dances China, is conceived to conduct NDI Teacher 2007 The 2004 Event of the Year: and directed by NDI Master Training Workshops in My Place is directed by Teaching Artist Kay Gayner partnership with the Shanghai The Celebration Team Jacques d’Amboise. and features children from Welfare Children’s Palace. performs in the 2007 Macy’s Shanghai, China. Thanksgiving Day Parade. 2003 The 2011 Event of the Year: 2013 A Sense of Wonder: Science NDI hosts children from Bali NDI is awarded The & the Arts Play Together, at the 2007 Irene Diamond President’s Committee on NDI opens the doors of the conceived by Jacques Summer Institute. the Arts and Humanities’ NDI Center to the general d’Amboise and Kay Gayner, Coming Up Taller Award by public for the first annual features Dr. Robert Benezra Founder Jacques d’Amboise is Laura Bush. Open House celebration. as The Narrator. inducted in to the Academy of Arts & Sciences. The 2003 Event of the Year: NDI dancers in New York and 2010 Never Doubt Imagination is Shanghai perform together The 2007 Event of the Year: directed by Associate Artistic utilizing the NDI Center’s NDI purchases an An African Village: Postcards Director Tracy Straus. TelePresence technology for 18,000-square-feet space in from Potou, directed by Ellen the first time. Harlem that will serve as the Weinstein, is inspired by the 2002 organization’s permanent work of economist Jeffrey The 2013 NDI Annual Gala home. Sachs and his goal to end NDI dancers perform in the honors longtime board extreme poverty worldwide. first annual September member and friend, Robert NDI participates in an Thousands of New York City Concert, establishing a D. Krinsky along with star of exchange with the Shanghai public school children raise long term connection with stage and screen - and parent Children’s Palace. An NDI more than $25,000 in pennies, this worldwide tribute of an NDI alum - Mandy delegation travels to China nickels and dimes for the remembering those lost on Patinkin. to create a new work with village of Potou, Senegal. September 11, 2001. choreographer Dou Dou NDI’s 2013 Event of the Year, Huang entitled “The Red 2006 The 2002 Event of the Year: The Big Easy: NDI Celebrates Thread.” Children and The Spirit of New York is New Orleans, is conceived artists from Shanghai attend NDI senior staff travel to the directed by Ellen Weinstein. and directed by NDI Master the 2010 Irene Diamond village of Potou, Senegal at Teaching Artist Mary Kennedy. Summer Institute. the invitation of economist 2001 Jeffrey Sachs. Five NDI dancers travel to The 2010 Event of the Year: “Look Who’s Dancin’ Now,” Shanghai, China to perform The Storyteller, conceived and NDI Master Teacher Kay the follow-up to the Academy in a nationally televised directed by Jacques d’Amboise Gayner directs the 2006 Event Award-winning “He Makes Me event celebrating the 60th and Ellen Weinstein, features of the Year: A Midsummer Feel Like Dancin’ “ airs on PBS. Anniversary of the China Isaiah Sheffer, Allegra Kent, Night’s Dream. Welfare Institute Children’s Terese Capucilli and Frank The 2001 Event of the Year: Palace. Wood. NDI Master Teacher Jenny Romeo and Juliet features Seham trains artists with music and lyrics by Jacques 2009 ConArte in Mexico City d’Amboise and Music Director 2012 to launch an NDI-inspired Jerome Korman. The Event is The 2009 Event of the Year: program, Aprender con Danza. dedicated to the memory of B.D. Wong emcees a Imagine: A Celebration of Raphael de Rothschild. Star Party Benefit at John Lennon, directed by Ellen NDI teaching artist Mary the NDI Center, featuring Weinstein, is the culmination Kennedy and NDI dancer 2000 performances by Broadway of a year-long study of the life Jamal Wyse travel to Bali as luminaries including Victoria and legacy of John Lennon. part of a cultural exchange. NDI dancers and alumni Clark, Brian Stokes Mitchell, gather for the first annual Jessica Molaskey and others. NDI re-launches a program 2005 Dance-A-Thon fundraiser. with The Filomen M. NDI’s 2012 Event of the D’Agostino Greenberg The 2005 Event of the Year: The 2000 Event of the Year: Year, Inner Vistions: A Music School at Lighthouse It’s All Relative is directed 20th Century American Song: Celebration of Stevie Wonder, International for dancers who by Associate Artistic Director Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit is conceived and directed by are blind or visually impaired. Tracy Straus and celebrates of Happiness is directed by NDI Master Teaching Artist the life and genius of Albert Lori Klinger. Bianca Johnson. Einstein.

inspiring children through the arts history cont. 1987 1982 1999 The Irene Diamond Fund establishes ongoing, multi- A Celebration of Literature During the 1982 Event of the Jacques d’Amboise, with year support for NDI’s unites important American Year: Fat City, Christopher his son George, hikes the Summer Institute. writers, composers, visual d’Amboise, Judy Collins, Appalachian Trail, raising artists, and choreographers Patricia McBride, Mary Tyler money for NDI and teaching 1993 to create short, theatrical Moore, John Schuck, Janet dance along the way. ballets for children. “We Real Eilber, Kevin Kline and The Phil Donahue invites NDI Cool” is created from the NYPD Dancing Police join The 1999 Event of the Year: children to perform with poem by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1,000 NDI children on stage at Step by Step by Ellington is him for his 25th anniversary and is filmed in a vacant lot Madison Square Garden’s Felt conceived and directed by television show. in New York City’s Lower East Forum. The Event is filmed as Ellen Weinstein. side, with a backdrop mural part of the documentary “He NDI returns to Madison designed by Red Grooms. Makes Me Feel Like Dancin.’ 1998 Square Garden with the “ 1993 Event of the Year: The 1987 Event of the Year: Jacques d’Amboise is awarded Amerimusica II. A Celtic Tale takes place at 1981 the National Medal of Arts Madison Square Garden and by President Clinton. 1992 features a moveable sculpture Nancy Reagan invites Jacques by Helena Blumenfeld. d’Amboise and a group of NDI’s Teacher Training The 1992 Event of the Year: hearing and hearing-impared program is established. Amerimusica, directed by 1986 NDI children to the White The 1998 Event of the Year: Ellen Weinstein, celebrates House at holiday time for City, City, directed by Ellen the widely varied cultures of NDI does its first cultural a demonstration of NDI Weinstein, takes place for the the Americas during the past exchange with China, and teaching methods. first time at LaGuardia High 500 years and features original 56 children from China come School for the Performing music by David Amram. to NYC to perform with 1,500 Over 1,000 children Arts. NDI dancers in the 1986 perform in the 1981 Event 1991 Event of the Year: China Dig. of the Year: Texas Duke. 1997 Jacques d’Amboise writes, June 3, 1991 is declared 1985 choreographs, and directs Jacques d’Amboise and “National Dance Institute this spoof of a border town Dufftin Garcia travel to Tel Day” by New York City Mayor 1,500 children perform in incident in a saloon on the Aviv and the West Bank for an Rudolph W. Giuliani. the 1985 Event of the Year: Rio Grande. New York City international residency. Andrew Jackson and the Police perform with New York More than 1,500 children, Battle of New Orleans, which City Ballet dancers to a song The 1997 Event of the Year: including dancers from stars Donlin Foreman and Ann written by Balanchine. Dancing up a Story takes Madras, India, perform for two Reinking. place at The Delacorte Theater. weeks at Brooklyn Academy 1980 of Music in the 1991 Event NDI holds a school-wide 1996 of the Year: Chakra starring residency at P.S. 29 in The 1980 Event of the Year: Malika Sarabai. Brooklyn and premieres the Big Mama features 800 NDI President Clinton and the First work The Shooting of Dan dancers and is co-hosted by Lady invite NDI children to 1989 McGrew, featuring original Judy Collins and Tony Randall. perform in the Rose Garden music by Galt McDermott and at the White House for the NDI’s Adopt-A-School underwritten by Joseph Papp. 1979 Greek State Dinner. program is launched. 1984 Christopher d’Amboise, The 1996 Event of the An NDI associate program, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Judy Year: This Joint is Jumpin’ is Trenton Educational Dance “He Makes Me Feel Collins, and Patricia McBride directed by Ellen Weinstein. Institute, is founded. Like Dancin’ “ wins Best join 400 boys and girls for the Documentary category at 1979 Event of the Year at 1995 The 1989 Event of the Year: the 56th Annual Academy Madison Square Garden’s Felt Meilleurs Amis features Awards. NDI dancers perform Forum. Jacques d’Amboise is awarded scenery and sets by Red in Hollywood. the Kennedy Center Honors, Grooms. 1978 the same year Ellen Weinstein The 1984 Event of the Year: is named Artistic Director. 1988 The Knack, with scenery by The 1978 Event of the Year: Red Grooms, features Richard Dance Space takes place at The 1995 Event of the Year: The NDI Alumni Association Kiley and Chloris Leachman. New York State Theater, and Fat City takes place for the is founded. 100 dancing boys participate. first time in Central Park at the 1983 The Delacorte Theater. NDI partners with Very 1977 Special Arts to create a dance The 1983 Event of the Year: 26 NDI dancers perform at program for children who are The Three Musketeers, The first annual NDI Event the 50th Anniversary of the blind or visually impaired. inspired by the Alexandre of the Year: Dance on a United Nations in Geneva, Dumas adventure story, May Day takes place at New Switzerland, underwritten Jacques d’Amboise directs features over 1,000 children at York State Theater, between by the Japanese company the 1988 Event of the Year: Madison Square Garden’s Felt the matinee and evening Felissimo. A Day in the Life of Coney Forum. performances. 30 boys Island with the North Bondi participate. 1994 Lifesaving Team from Australia as guests. 1976 Children from the earth’s geological extremes take part NDI is founded by New York in the 1994 Event of the Year: City Ballet principal dancer Rosebud’s Song. Jacques d’Amboise.

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