“I was a Dancer” is a rich, expansive, and lively memoir of the life of Jacques d'Amboise. It all started when he was 8 years old at American Ballet School. At twelve he was asked to become a dancer and perform with the Ballet Society. Three years later he joined the New York City Ballet and made his European debut at Covent Garden in London. First of all this he writes about his childhood, he was born Joseph Ahearn in 1934 in Dedham Massachusetts. Viewing her mother as the boss, she moved the family to Washington Heights in New York City, enrolling her son and daughter in ballet lessons, she managed to pay for those lessons by creating odes and selling them on street corners, she also changed the their last names to her middle name, she believed it sounded better for the ballet life she was leading her children into. His life was tough for a while; he attended a Catholic school, was taught by nuns, fought with neighborhood gangs, and took ten ballet lessons a week at the School of America Ballet. Balanchine was a small, unassuming and very energetic boy who taught ballet to D'Amboise. He loves Balanchine but admits that he loves Lincoln Kirsten even more because he was a total mess and a dysfunctional genius full of crazy energy and passions. Lincoln always said "he was afraid of being wrong" and shouted "good taste is my taste, buster, good taste is my taste" he described how vulnerable he was by saying "He was a wounded elephant, with all the power of an elephant, full of doubts and fears.” Her idea of ​​studying dance began with her mother because she always dreamed that her children would follow in her footsteps as dancers. Her mother would be an extraordinary dancer, a theater actress, she would recite poetry, sing and spoke French. After years of dancing... middle of the paper... dancing really inspired me to love dance more than I do now. Understanding and being able to relate to it in a way really opens it up to me eyes and not only: what he is doing, teaching children the magic of dance and helping them in life is what I want to do. This has changed the way I see the world much more towards dance 'is a person who wants to make a change and having a great influence on others has really opened my eyes to pursue my dreams. I already knew that people want to make a change, but there is a big difference in knowing and actually seeing someone make that change. The way I see the world even through his life is no matter how many situations come up, no matter how hard things are and you can get them, we will never give you, you keep trying, you keep your head up and you keep fighting because God he will never give you a fight you can't handle.