Jacques d'Amboise (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the northwest corner of West 64th Street and Columbus Avenue
Honoree: Jacques d’Amboise (1934-2021) was one of the finest classical dancers of the Twentieth Century. In 1976, having performed for decades with the New York City Ballet, he founded the National Dance Institute (NDI). Through NDI he developed an acclaimed program that teaches the magic and discipline of dance to thousands of children each year. He was celebrated for his contributions in arts education for which he earned numerous awards and honors. Among them were a 1990 MacArthur Fellowship; The Capezio Award; The Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; The Kennedy Center Honors; The NCEA St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award; The National Medal of Arts; and , induction into The American Academy of Arts & Sciences. (Rosenthal)
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