Movies: Jacques d'Amboise

  • 1954
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

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    In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too....

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • 1956
    Carousel

    Carousel (1956)

    Carousel

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    Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with his wife Julie Bigelow, née Jordan, and his child he...

    Carousel
  • 1956
    The Best Things in Life Are Free

    The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)

    The Best Things in Life Are Free

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    Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things....

    The Best Things in Life Are Free
  • 1986
    Off Beat

    Off Beat (1986)

    Off Beat

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    Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a femal...

    Off Beat
  • 1983
    He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'

    He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983)

    He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'

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    Why do over 1,000 New York City schoolchildren audition for a modern dance program that requires them to sacrifice free time and involvement in sports and music? For a chance to study with the charismatic Jacques d'Amboise at the National Dance Insti...

    He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
  • 1967
    A Stravinsky Portrait

    A Stravinsky Portrait (1967)

    A Stravinsky Portrait

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    This documentary follows composer and conductor Igor Stavinsky at his home in California, in London, and in Hamburg where he conducts an orchestra rehearsal. Includes conversations with a variety of friends and musical collaborators. Includes footage...

    A Stravinsky Portrait
  • 1990
    Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

    Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)

    Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

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    A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away....

    Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
  • 2006
    Rehearsing a Dream

    Rehearsing a Dream (2006)

    Rehearsing a Dream

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    Support for the arts in America may be dwindling, but talent in our high schools isn't. Every year a group of the country's most gifted 17-year-old performing and visual artists - singled out among thousands of their peers - share a week of dreams as...

    Rehearsing a Dream
  • 1967
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (1967)

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

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    A ballet version of Shakespeare's play, featuring the New York City Ballet....

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • 2008
    Jacques d'Amboise in China: The Other Side of the World

    Jacques d'Amboise in China: The Other Side of the World (2008)

    Jacques d'Amboise in China: The Other Side of the World

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    When Jacques d'Amboise took a group of dancers and members of his teaching staff to China, they worked with acclaimed dancer Dou Dou Huang and more than a hundred Chinese children. Their goal: to create a special performance using a variety of dance ...

    Jacques d'Amboise in China: The Other Side of the World
  • 2006
    Jacques d'Amboise: Portrait of a Great American Dancer

    Jacques d'Amboise: Portrait of a Great American Dancer (2006)

    Jacques d'Amboise: Portrait of a Great American Dancer

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    A dazzling compilation of previously unissued television appearances from 1956-1965 taken from Canadian TV and the Bell Telephone Hour. He dances Stars & Stripes, Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Afternoon of a Faun and Apollo....

    Jacques d'Amboise: Portrait of a Great American Dancer