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Children from New York City public schools
perform at NDI’s 46th
Annual Gala Credit: Matt Oner / mattoner.com photo
The National Dance Institute’s 46th Annual Gala raised over $1.5 million to support its award-winning arts education programs that reach 60,000 children every year.
L to R: Allyson Tucker;
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Artistic Honoree; Ellen Weinstein, NDI Artistic
Director Emerita, and recipient of Susan Newhouse Dream Maker Award; Edith Hoffmann;
Charlotte d’Amboise, dancer; Rachel Bay Jones, actress/singer
attend NDI’s 46th Annual Gala Credit: Matt Oner / mattoner.com photos
The event featured performances by children from New York City public schools who benefit from NDI’s arts education programs.
L to R: Carlos Rodriguez, CEO of ADP, NDI Gala
Corporate Honoree;
Ellen Weinstein, NDI
Artistic Director Emerita, and recipient of Susan
Newhouse Dream Maker Award; and Brian
Stokes Mitchell, Artistic
Honoree attend NDI’s
46th Annual Gala Credit: Matt Oner / mattoner.com photo
NDI celebrated Tony Award-winning actor Brian Stokes Mitchell as Artistic Honoree; Ellen Weinstein, NDI’s Artistic Director Emerita was honored with the Susan Newhouse Dream Maker Award; and Carlos Rodriguez, CEO of ADP, was the Corporate Honoree.
L to R: Allyson Tucker;
Brian Stokes Mitchell,
Artistic Honoree;
Charlotte d’Amboise,
dancer; Rachel Bay Jones, actress/singer
attend NDI’s 46th
Annual Gala Credit: Matt Oner / mattoner.com photo
NDI has impacted more than two million children worldwide through its programming since Jacques d’Amboise founded the organization in 1976.