Jacque d’Amboise to Host 'An Encounter with Dance' at Nashville Ballet, 3/6

Nashville Ballet will host Jacques d'Amboise Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. for "An Encounter With Dance".

Local youth have been invited to meet this ballet legend and have the opportunity to learn more about dance movement. Jacques has touched the lives of two million children across the globe and Nashville Ballet is honored to have him here in Nashville. He will also be honored at Ballet Ball (at the Hutton Hotel) Saturday evening.

Well known as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, and seen in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Carousel, 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. At age fifteen, Mr. d'Amboise joined New York City Ballet, and as a principal dancer, had many works choreographed specifically for him by George Balanchine, including Who Cares? Mr. d'Amboise went on to have an exceptional career with NYCB, and on Broadway. He has achieved international renown as a choreographer and as the founder of the National Dance Institute. He has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, received six Emmy awards, and has received the National Medal of Arts and a MacArthur fellowship, and numerous honorary degrees. http://www.nationaldance.org/about_founder.htm 

Nashville Ballet, a 501(c)(3) non profit, is the largest professional ballet company in Tennessee. As the second largest producing arts organization in the Middle Tennessee area, Nashville Ballet presents a varied repertoire of classical ballet and contemporary works by noted choreographers, along with original works by Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. Nashville Ballet and the Second Company NB2 (a pre-professional training company) serve over 62,000 adults and children annually through professional performances, and the education and outreach initiative programming. Our curriculum-based outreach initiative brings dance education to community centers, colleges, public libraries, eight resident schools, and public elementary and middle schools throughout Middle Tennessee. The School of Nashville Ballet provides world-class instruction in Ballet for the dancers of tomorrow.