Jacques d'Amboise's First Apollo Was "Terrible." Here's What It Taught Him About Being a Dancer.
In the October 1969 issue of Dance Magazine, we spoke with Jacques d’Amboise, then 20 years into his career with New York City Ballet. Though he became a principal dancer in 1953, the star admitted that it hadn’t all been smooth sailing. “I knew that I was terrible in my first Apollo,” he told us, […]