Jacques d'Amboise

My sincere condolences to family and friends. My heart, prayers and thoughts are with all of you.

Jacques was such a kind, warm and personal individuals. We shared a love if working with kids...when you saw him with the children..you knew he was for real.

I remember Jacques as an exuberant teenager who danced outside my dad’s candy store in Washington Heights. As a child enamored of ballet, I was captivated by his skill and joy. Upon re-meeting Jacques only a few years ago in the audience at City Center, he greeted me with the same effervescence of his youth. He was excited to meet someone from his formative days and spontaneously flowed with colorful reminiscences. That radiance will glow on in our memories.

A loss to the dance world, his contributions were immense.
Death shall have no dominion. Unique. No one compares.
His spirit will live in the hearts and minds of thousands whose lives he graced.

Jacques, you will be dearly missed for all the joy you have brought to so many, and the laughs we shared. Rest well. Sweet Prince.

It's been many years since I taught, choreographed and assisted Jacques with NDI. Yet rarely a day goes by that I don't draw upon something that I learned with him. He helped me as an artist and as a person beyond measure. The last time I saw Jacques was on the subway at Times Square during morning rush hour. It was perfect - all these people moving around yet such a warm connection, as if we'd seen each just the day before. I wish I could see him again - but the legacy lives on in the...

What a beautiful person, human being, dancer and life force. Jacques was a huge force in my life and an incredible coach and he always gave so much to everyone around him. He loved dance and life and that was proven through his work with NDI later on also. I knew him from when I was 8 years old, and I even babysat his kids later on with my sister Pat...I had the honor of working with him, and even dancing with him, and he taught me so much about detail, and made me believe in myself as a...

Dear Charlotte,
We mourn with you for the loss of your great father. The world will celebrate his genius on the stage with Balanchine et al. We would like to add the memory of climbing Mt Kathadin in Maine with him on the first leg of his Appalachian Trail hike to raise money for his children’s dance institute. Kathadin was the harshest climb and his start. My son, Walt and I got to see him dance his triumphant jig on the mountaintop, although he, decades older, had arrived much earlier....