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Dancer Jacques d’Amboise dies aged 86 Jacques d’Amboise (Mary Altaffer/AP) Jacques d’Amboise, who became one of the world’s premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet, having grown up on the city’s streets, and spent the last four and a half decades providing free dance classes to the city’s young people at his National Dance Institute, has died aged  86. His death was confirmed by Ellen Weinstein, director of the institute. She said the dancer and teacher had died on Sunday at his home from complications of a stroke. He was surrounded by his family.

Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press Jacques d’Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world’s premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet, then spent more than four decades providing free dance classes to countless youngsters through his National Dance Institute, has died at 86. His death was confirmed by Ellen Weinstein, director of the New York-based institute. She said the dancer and teacher had died on Sunday at his New York City home from complications of a stroke. He was surrounded by his family. Plucked for stardom at NYCB as a teenager by its ...

Sun-Times file Jacques d’Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world’s premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet, then spent more than four decades providing free dance classes to city youth at his National Dance Institute, has died at 86. His death was confirmed by Ellen Weinstein, director of the New York-based institute. She said the dancer and teacher had died on Sunday at his home from complications of a stroke. He was surrounded by his family. Plucked for stardom at NYCB as a teenager by its legendary director, George Balanchine, d’Amb...

Jacques d’Amboise, who became one of the world’s premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet, having grown up on the city’s streets, and spent the last four and a half decades providing free dance classes to the city’s young people at his National Dance Institute, has died aged  86. His death was confirmed by Ellen Weinstein, director of the institute. She said the dancer and teacher had died on Sunday at his home from complications of a stroke. He was surrounded by his family. Plucked for stardom at NYCB as a teenager by its legendary director, George Balanchine, d’Amboise p...

Jacques d’Amboise, who became one of the world’s premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet, having grown up on the city’s streets, and spent the last four and a half decades providing free dance classes to the city’s young people at his National Dance Institute, has died aged  86. His death was confirmed by Ellen Weinstein, director of the institute. She said the dancer and teacher had died on Sunday at his home from complications of a stroke. He was surrounded by his family. Plucked for stardom at NYCB as a teenager by its legendary director, George Balanchine, d’Amboise p...