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Dance Controls Time and Space.

Dancer and choreographer Jacques d'Amboise (dahm-bwasz). d'Amboise has done more than anyone alive to bring the joy of dance to the public. For over 30 years, he was principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, and a protege of choreographer George Balanchine. While still with NYCB, d'Ambrose founded the National Dance Institute (NDI) as a vehicle to teach dance and other arts to children. d'Amboise has more recently extended his classes to children with physical and emotional disabilities. The NDI was the subject of the Oscar winning documentary, "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'."

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 26, 1989: Interview with Mike Royko; Review of Mike Tippett's album "Tippett Conducts Tippett"; Interview with Jacques d'Amboise; Review of the film "The Bear."

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