by Julia Guiheen | May 19, 2021 | TBT
The dance community said goodbye to a hero earlier this month with the passing of Jacques d’Amboise. D’Amboise joined New York City Ballet as a teenager in 1949 and danced with the company for 35 years, leaving an undeniable mark on American ballet. He...
by Julia Guiheen | Dec 18, 2019 | Everything Nutcracker, TBT
On this day in 1965, The Bell Telephone Hour broadcast a Christmas special featuring New York City Ballet principal dancers Melissa Hayden and Jacques d’Amboise. The pair performed the Snow Pas de Deux from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, choreographed by...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 6, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos
On Monday night, the National Dance Institute—the arts education organization founded by former New York City Ballet star Jacques d’Amboise—presented Balanchine’s Guys, a lively discussion with d’Amboise and two other NYCB greats: Arthur...