Jacques D'Amboise: This World-Class Champion of the Arts Always Remembers the Street Kids; He Is Scheduled to Read From His Memoir On March 30 at Bates and Lewiston's Public Library

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Editor's note: World-renowned dancer Jacques d'Amboise was scheduled for but unable to do a telephone interview for this story because he is ailing from pneumonia.

Jacques d'Amboise defied gravity as the New York City Ballet's principal dancer and the late great choreographer George Balanchine's protege. He defied the odds as a street kid who became a world icon and champion of the arts, mingling with international elite. But he did not defy his mother.

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Jacques D'Amboise: This World-Class Champion of the Arts Always Remembers the Street Kids; He Is Scheduled to Read From His Memoir On March 30 at Bates and Lewiston's Public Library

"It was The Boss's dream more than anything," said Paul D'Amboise, Jacques' older brother who lives in Lewiston (and who spells his name with a capital D). "She was dynamite. She was The Boss," the elder brother said, referring to his mother. "Oh,...

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