Background
D'Amboise, Jacques Joseph was born on July 28, 1934 in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States.
(From dust jacket notes: "We are about to spend a year wit...)
From dust jacket notes: "We are about to spend a year with dancer-teacher extraordinaire Jacques d'Amboise as he turns a ragtag corps de ballet of public school children, deaf children and New York City cops into an ensemble of seasoned performers. In this remarkable book about teaching, inspiration and change, we become part of the celebration of dance - not just the rarefied art form that we understand ballet to be but dance as something natural to the human spirit. Teaching the Magic of Dance is alive with the same energy Jacques d'Amboise transmits to his students. Jacques sees dance as something exciting, physical, daring and brave; and the children caught in the spell he casts rush to learn the discipline and become part of it...."
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D'Amboise, Jacques Joseph was born on July 28, 1934 in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), College New Rochelle, 1976. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), College New Rochelle, 1976. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Bates College, 1978.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Peters College, 1978. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Monmouth University, 1984. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Connecticut College, 1991.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Connecticut College, 1991. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), The Juilliard School, 2000. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Franklin Pierce College, 2000.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), University of the South, 2001. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Joseph College, 2003.
With, New York City Ballet Company, 1949-1984; principal, Dancer, 1953-1984; instructor, School American Ballet professor, dean, State University of New York School Dance, Purchase, 1977-1980.
(From dust jacket notes: "We are about to spend a year wit...)
(Book by Jacques D'Amboise, Hope Cooke, Carolyn George)
Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences.
Son of Andrew Ahearn and Georgette d'A. Married Carolyn George, January 1, 1956;children: George Jacques, Christopher R., Charlotte Lorraine and Catherine Liza (twins).