A ballet legend dances through the stages of his life and art
In his captivating new memoir, “I Was a Dancer,’’ Jacques d’Amboise recounts a story that beautifully illustrates his reach as a teacher. On a packed subway train in Manhattan, he suddenly noticed the people around him retreating. “Staring at me was a ferocious toughie. As eye contact is something to avoid in the subway, my fellow passengers had inched away ...