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Black Tie
International:
National Dance Institute 2015 Annual Gala
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by: Rose Billings/Blacktiemagazine.com
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Amy Astley 2015 Honoree, Jacques d'Amboise,
NDI Founder
and Valerie Diker 2015 Honoree
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National Dance
Institute 2015 Annual Gala |
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Raises Over $1.4
Million and Announces $1.5 Million Grant |
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Best Buy Theater,
NYC |
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April 20, 2015 |
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Paula Zahn, Presenter |
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Misty Copeland, Presenter |
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Nev Schulman |
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Robert and Nev Schulman |
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Thank you all for this special evening... |
National Dance
Institute (NDI) honored
NDI Trustee and
Philanthropist, Valerie Diker
and
Teen Vogue
Editor-in-Chief Amy Astley.
The evening featured special performances by the children of National
Dance Institute,
along with presentations by Michael Strahan, American
Ballet Theatre star
MistyCopeland,
and journalist and newscaster Paula Zahn. |
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Additional guests in
attendance included: Jacques d’Amboise (legendary NewYork City Ballet principal dancer and NDI Founder);
Peyton List (Disney’s
Jesse); Tony Yazbeck (On The Town);
Yaniv “Nev” Schulman (MTV’s
Catfish); Terrence Mann (Tony Award-winning
musical Pippin); and New York City Ballet Principal Dancers Sterling Hyltin and
Adrian Danchig-Waring. |
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The
Annual Gala is National Dance Institute’s largest
fundraising event with all proceeds benefitting NDI’s
award-winning arts education programs for New York City public school children in under-resourced
neighborhoods. NDI’s exuberant, participatory and intellectually engaging dance and music
programs enrich the lives of 6,000 children in 42 New York City schools each
week, filling a criticagap in public school education. |
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The 2015 Annual
Gala raised over $1.4 million for arts education. During the Gala, NDI made a special announcement regarding
the prestigious
$1.5 million grant from the Howard Gilman Foundation,
a foundation dedicated to the support of robust, innovative and promising
performing arts organizations in New York City. NDI will name their state-of-the-art
performance space at the National Dance Institute Center for Learning & the Arts
in Harlem “The Howard Gilman Performance Space” in appreciation. |
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