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Originally written by Madeleine Nicklin When Laura Garrett was six, she was the wildest of the “Wild Things.” As one of Maurice Sendak’s unruly creatures in an NDI New Mexico end-of-year performance, she rolled her eyes, head, and body with the... View Article
Originally written by Michael Wade Simpson Every spring, NDI New Mexico has end-of-year shows starring hundreds of public-school kids in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Española, where Hugo Pizano once participated with his fourth-grade classmates from James H. Rodriguez Elementary School. For... View Article
Socorro school children rehearse a routine from last year’s NDI performance. This year’s performance is Friday at the Macey Center at New Mexico Tech. The much anticipated fall NDI show is coming to Macey Center Friday, Dec. 11, with a... View Article
When an upscale dance academy offers an outreach program, there’s no need to ask why: dance education offers so much for children—as an afterschool activity for those who dream of dance careers or simply love to move, with life lessons... View Article
Editor’s note: Dedicated Lives is a monthly feature about Santa Feans helping others. Today’s subject is Russell Baker, executive director of the National Dance Institute of New Mexico. Question: Russell, what is the National Dance Institute all about? Answer: We... View Article
BETTER LIVING THROUGH DANCE March 12, 2015 PROGRAM BRINGS A FLASH OF BROADWAY TO THE REZ Hannah Foss, residency associate for the National Dance Institute, leads Nizhoni Bull, 9, through mirror exercises. Bull had to copy everything that Foss did.... View Article
It takes a lot of ambition and effort to make it to the top. And once you’re there, the work doesn’t stop. Join us in recognizing the hard work and time that our 2015 class of CEOs put in every... View Article
Staff Report ESPAÑOLA – The National Dance Institute (NDI) held its final End-of-Year performance Wednesday evening at the Española Valley High School Gymnasium. Special guests participating in Wednesday’s event were members of law enforcement, first responders and business people including... View Article
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2015 5:00 am More than 1,000 Santa Fe-area schoolchildren are dazzling audiences in NDI New Mexico’sImagine the Possibilities: A Celebration of Reading! program, capping a year’s worth of hard work and dedication, said NDI artistic director Liz... View Article
Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 8:00 pm By Robert Nott The New Mexican | 0 comments Emily Lowman wasn’t so much directing as refereeing as she shepherded about 500 youngsters in kindergarten through ninth grade on and off the stage Wednesday... View Article