Jacques dAmboise in China The Other Side of the World (2008)

When Jacques dAmboise took a group of dancers and members of his teaching staff to China they worked with acclaimed dancer Dou Dou Huang and more than a hundred Chinese children Their goal to create a special performance using a variety of dance styles including hiphop freestyle jazz and traditional Chinese folk dance that would premiere at the Shanghai Grand Theatre in honor of the 2007 Shanghai Special Olympics World Games Part of a monthlong cultural exchange between dAmboises National Dance Institute and several Chinese troupes featuring some of that countrys most talented young dancers the collaboration underscored the power of dance to transcend obstacles of culture and language