dirac Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Jacques d'Amboise has died at age 86. Quote He helped popularize ballet with an all-American style, combining the nonchalance of Fred Astaire with the nobility of a classic male dancer. Hollywood came calling, too. Related. Quote Throughout his career, d'Amboise partnered some of the leading female dancers of his generation, including Suzanne Farrell, Diana Adams, Tanaquil Le Clercqand Allegra Kent. And though d'Amboise choreographed works for the New York City Ballet, it was as a performer that he most enticed audiences with his bravura and raw virtuosity. The Hollywood Reporter Quote He also participated in a steamy duet in another Fox musical released in 1956, Michael Curtiz’s The Best Things in Life Are Free, and was dazzling on episodes of NBC’s The Bell Telephone Hour dance specials — one of the first TV series to air exclusively in color — throughout the ’60s. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 An obituary by Jocelyn Noveck for Associated Press. Quote Watching a reunion performance by some of his most enthusiastic young dancers one weekend day in March 2018, d’Amboise could not hide his excitement. “Fantastic!” he called out frequently. “Wow!” Upstairs in his office, stuffed with career artifacts including shelves full of fading journals lovingly preserved, he described his love for dance. He took his interviewer’s arm to demonstrate how a very slight difference in movement could express a completely different thought or feeling. Link to comment
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