Jacques d’Amboise
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Jacques d’Amboise was a celebrated American ballet dancer, choreographer, and longtime New York City Ballet principal known for his charismatic performances and for founding the National Dance Institute to promote dance education for children.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques d'Amboise | 1 |
| Jacques d’Amboise canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8570033 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques d’Amboise Context triple: [School of American Ballet, hasNotableAlumni, Jacques d’Amboise]
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A.
Roland Petit
Roland Petit was a renowned 20th-century French choreographer and ballet director known for his innovative, theatrical works and major influence on modern ballet.
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B.
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar was a prominent 20th-century ballet dancer, choreographer, and influential ballet master of the Paris Opera who helped shape modern classical ballet.
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C.
Maurice Béjart
Maurice Béjart was a renowned 20th-century French choreographer and ballet director known for his innovative, theatrical, and often avant-garde reinterpretations of classical ballet.
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D.
Armande Béjart
Armande Béjart was a 17th-century French actress of the Comédie-Française, known for her prominent stage career and her controversial marriage to the playwright Molière.
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E.
Geneviève Béjart
Geneviève Béjart was a 17th-century French actress and co-founder of Molière’s Illustre Théâtre, notable as a prominent member of the Béjart theatrical family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques d’Amboise Target entity description: Jacques d’Amboise was a celebrated American ballet dancer, choreographer, and longtime New York City Ballet principal known for his charismatic performances and for founding the National Dance Institute to promote dance education for children.
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A.
Roland Petit
Roland Petit was a renowned 20th-century French choreographer and ballet director known for his innovative, theatrical works and major influence on modern ballet.
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B.
Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar was a prominent 20th-century ballet dancer, choreographer, and influential ballet master of the Paris Opera who helped shape modern classical ballet.
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C.
Maurice Béjart
Maurice Béjart was a renowned 20th-century French choreographer and ballet director known for his innovative, theatrical, and often avant-garde reinterpretations of classical ballet.
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D.
Armande Béjart
Armande Béjart was a 17th-century French actress of the Comédie-Française, known for her prominent stage career and her controversial marriage to the playwright Molière.
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E.
Geneviève Béjart
Geneviève Béjart was a 17th-century French actress and co-founder of Molière’s Illustre Théâtre, notable as a prominent member of the Béjart theatrical family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet dancer
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choreographer ⓘ dance educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Carousel (1956 film)
NERFINISHED
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Kennedy Center Honors
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MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ |
| birthName | Joseph Jacques Ahearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| child |
Charlotte d’Amboise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christopher d’Amboise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-07-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-05-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | School of American Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | New York City Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French Canadian descent ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ballet
ⓘ
dance education ⓘ |
| founded | National Dance Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | New York City Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | American ballet ⓘ |
| name | Jacques d’Amboise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
charismatic performances at New York City Ballet
ⓘ
expanding access to arts education in public schools through National Dance Institute ⓘ promoting dance education for children ⓘ |
| notablePerformance |
Apollo (New York City Ballet)
NERFINISHED
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Western Symphony (New York City Ballet) NERFINISHED ⓘ Who Cares? (New York City Ballet) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | founding of the National Dance Institute ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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ballet dancer ⓘ choreographer ⓘ dance teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dedham, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| positionHeld | principal dancer at New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| spouse | Carrie Gaiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | George Balanchine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
George Balanchine
NERFINISHED
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Jerome Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacques d’Amboise Description of subject: Jacques d’Amboise was a celebrated American ballet dancer, choreographer, and longtime New York City Ballet principal known for his charismatic performances and for founding the National Dance Institute to promote dance education for children.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
School of American Ballet
this entity surface form:
Jacques d'Amboise