Jacques d'Amboise

I didn't know if I could act, but I knew I could be a great ballet dancer, and Balanchine put out the carpet for me.

Who am I? I'm a man, an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows how the arts can change lives, because they transformed mine. I was a dancer.

A wild, untamed youth learns nobility through art.

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.

The Bolshoi style is bigger and more emotional, in a way that I love. It has the freshness and intensity that is like what I've tried to achieve in my dance-acting roles.