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Fran Lebowitz, Kazuo Ishiguro & More to Join The Center For Fiction's Annual Awards Benefit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2021


Eminences of the literary community and publishing worlds will gather at Cipriani 25 Broadway on Tuesday, December 7th at 6:30 p.m. in honor of The Center for Fiction's Annual Awards Benefit and 200th Anniversary Celebration.

Traci Lester Named Executive Director of​​​​​​​ The Center for Fiction
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2021


Ms. Lester succeeds Interim Executive Director Michael Roberts who assumed the role last June after the retirement of longtime Director Noreen Tomassi. Ms. Lester was selected after an extensive national search and began the role on April 6, 2021.

Dance/NYC Hosts Facebook Live Series as Part of #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Campaign
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2020


New York - Dance/NYC will host a twelve-week Facebook Live Series of transparent conversations with arts workers These discussions will highlight the importance of the arts ecology, point to current challenges and offer considerations on our way forward as a field.

National Dance Institute Will Host a Virtual Gala Featuring Alec Baldwin, Josh Groban, Mandy Patinkin, and More!
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2020


National Dance Institute will host its 44th Annual Gala: From the Heart remotely this year on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 7:30 PM EST.

National Dance Institute Launches NDI Collaborative for Teaching & Learning
by Julie Musbach - Oct 24, 2019


National Dance Institute (NDI) today announced the NDI Collaborative for Teaching & Learning, a professional development program for teaching artists, educators and organizations committed to dance education and enriching children's lives through the arts.

Jacques d'Amboise's National Dance Institute Shares The Power of Movement with Millions
by Christina Pandolfi - May 25, 2017


It's May 8, 2017 and I'm sitting in the National Dance Institute Center for Learning & the Arts' quaint auditorium in Upper Manhattan, waiting for the students to take the stage. As part of the celebrated Art Nest series, this evening's mixed medium program centers on the loneliest woman in mythology: Medusa. But as the audience quiets for NDI Founder Jacques d'Amboise's speech, it is exactly the opposite feelings of community and togetherness that drum up pure joy.

Photo Coverage: Alec Baldwin, Josh Groban, Bill Irwin and More Attend National Dance Institute's 2017 Gala
by Jessica Fallon Gordon - Apr 25, 2017


National Dance Institute (NDI), the non-profit arts education organization founded in 1976 by legendary New York City Ballet principal dancer Jacques d'Amboise, hosted its 41st Annual Gala at PlayStation Theater in New York City last night, April 24. The Annual Gala is National Dance Institute's largest fundraising event, with all proceeds benefitting NDI's award-winning arts education programs. BroadwayWorld has photos from the evening below!

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