NATIONAL ARTS HONOREE D'AMBOISE TO HIKE APPALACHIAN TRAIL.(Brief Article)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: Stein, Heather | Copyright information

WASHINGTON--President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton honored two luminaries in the dance world in a November 5 ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. Dancer, choreographer, and educator Jacques d'Amboise and dancer and actress Gwen Verdon were awarded the 1998 National Medal of Arts.

"It's a wonderful award," says d'Amboise, the founder of National Dance Institute (NDI), an organization dedicated to bringing dance to public school students, which h...

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