NYCB Vol. 10 No, 31 - Stars & Stripes
- Lauryn Johnson

- Feb 29, 2024
- 1 min read
“For a quarter of a century, Milly [Melissa Hayden] and I danced together, guesting with other companies, doing concerts and television—every opportunity to get onstage together. We became like an old couple, an institution, a caricature—in the ballet Stars and Stripes, the company nicknamed us ‘Ike and Mamie’ after President Eisenhower and his wife.”
—Jacques d’Amboise in “I Was a Dancer” (affiliate link)
Melissa Hayden & Jacques d'Amboise. Photos by Martha Swope, 1969. NYPL










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