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My Son Can Dance

One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

Will You Show Your Support for My Son Can Dance?

December 21, 2010 by Nina Leave a Comment

On December 22, Nichelle at Dance Advantage will tally up the comments on all the participating dance blogs in her Best Dance Blog of 2010 competition. My Son Can Dance lies low in the ranking, I’m very sorry to say. I am putting out one last call to my readers: If you have found this […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Best Dance Blog of 2010, boys who want to dance, Dance Advantage, dance blog competition, supporting male dancers

Joey Dowling on Dance, Choreography & Transitions (Part 2)

December 17, 2010 by Nina 2 Comments

Since many young dancers have dreams of not only becoming professional dancers but also of becoming professional choreographers, I decided to ask Joey Dowling how she transitioned from successful dancer into her career as a successful choreographer. This post includes my questions and her answers. I have to admit that my interest in this topic […]

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Filed Under: choreography, Interviews with Dancers, Joey Dowling, So You Think You Can Dance, Transition Out of Dance Tagged With: becoming a choreographer, how to become a choreographer, Joey Dowling, networking for dancers, transition out of dance

Joey Dowling on Dance, Choreography & Transitions (Part 1)

December 13, 2010 by Nina 3 Comments

I had the pleasure of speaking to Joey Dowling last year when Julian attended the New York City Dance Alliance convention in San Jose. She told me some stories about her transition from dancer to businesswoman that I found quite interesting. Like Joey, as a young teen Julian spends all his time dancing. By the […]

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Filed Under: choreography, encouraging boys to dance, Interviews with Dancers, So Your Think You can Dance, Transition Out of Dance Tagged With: Encouraging boys to dance, Joey Dowling, technique, transitioning out of dance

Vote My Son Can Dance the BEST DANCE BLOG of 2010

December 10, 2010 by Nina 26 Comments

Okay, I know I just told you this blog won an award for being a great dance blog. As Nichelle at Dance Advantage points out, however, all the lists of best dance blogs to date have been compiled by organizations outside the dance community. (This was the case with the award mentioned in my last […]

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Filed Under: competitions Tagged With: Best Dance Blog, blogging, Dance Advantage, writing about dance

My Son Can Dance Voted 1 of the Top 50 Dance Blogs

December 10, 2010 by Nina Leave a Comment

I am proud to announce that My Son Can Dance was voted one of the top 50 dance blogs by PhotographyDegrees.org–even though I rarely post a dance-related photo! My blog is listed among some of the dance blogs I most respect, so I am very excited and proud of this rating! You can read the […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: dance blogs, photography, transitioning out of dance, writing

Taking Company Class at San Francisco Ballet

November 24, 2010 by Nina 2 Comments

Julian recently received the chance to take company class at San Francisco Ballet. This opportunity came about via his father and his student choreography piece from TDC last year. He took advantage of it earlier this month. While Julian and I were in New York this summer, Julian’s father went with the girls who were […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, company class Tagged With: City Ballet, company class, connections, networking, San Francisco Ballet

Driving to Dance Keeps this Mom Busy

November 21, 2010 by Nina 2 Comments

I must apologize. I haven’t written a post in over a month. Actually, it’s been a month and a half. Today, Julian asked me to write a post. Seems he received a question on Formspring.me asking him why his mother had stopped blogging. Well…I haven’t stopped blogging. I’ve just been busy. In fact, I blog […]

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Filed Under: College, college dance programs, dance attire Tagged With: City Ballet School, dance in NYC, driving to dance, NYU dance program

Help Save Lives by Ending Homophobic Teen Bullying

October 8, 2010 by Nina 1 Comment

I know I promised a different post–Joey Dowling–but I’m still transcribing and working on that one. Life has been a bit crazy. Sorry. This issue is way more important, and I’m sure homophobic bullying and teasing affects more than a fair share of our young dancin’ boys. I  know it has affected Julian over the […]

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Filed Under: teasing Tagged With: bullying, teasing

Dance Stores and Studios that Don’t Meet Dancin’ Boys Needs

September 28, 2010 by Nina 2 Comments

OMG! When you really need a dance belt, you can never find one. A dance store should not call itself a dance store if it not going to carry dance belts in all sizes and in all styles. I mean really…to show up at a store in dire need of a dance belt fast and […]

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Filed Under: dance attire, dance studios, Keeping Boys in Studios, Nutcracker, Teachers Tagged With: dance belts, dealing with young male dancers, keeping male dancers in class, Retaining male dancers

The Difference Between a Dance Belt and a Dance Brief

September 6, 2010 by Nina 3 Comments

Here’s another one of those awkward topics, but I received an email from a mother with a son who has just started dancing and she needed to know the answer to this question ASAP. So here goes. She wants to know: What’s the difference between a dance belt and a dance brief. Pretty simply really. […]

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New School Year, New Focus, New Dance Program

September 4, 2010 by Nina Leave a Comment

I didn’t realize I’d let so much time pass since my last post. Time flies when you’re having fun…not. Julian and I got back from New York, and I entered into a harried three and a half weeks of getting him to the TDC summer intensive, preparing for my daughter’s 18th birthday party and to […]

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Filed Under: auditions, Ballet, dance scholarships, technique

Back Home in Time for TDC Intensive and an Award

August 13, 2010 by Nina 1 Comment

We arrived back home in N. CA to freezing weather…well, at least that’s what it feels like after seven and a half weeks of beastly heat. Here in the mountains where we live, it’s about 55 degrees each morning due to the coastal fog. It might hit 78 in Los Gatos during the day, but […]

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Filed Under: auditions, summer dance programs, technique Tagged With: auditions, awards, ballt technique, pulled abdominal muscles, summer dance intensive

Still Dancin’ Up a Storm in New York City

August 2, 2010 by Nina Leave a Comment

Julian began his final five days of dance classes today. We started off at Steps on Broadway, where he saw several girls from ABT and a boy from Complexions. As we were leaving, he ran into one of his best friends–a boy from ABT. The dance world is small. I was surprised to see that […]

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Filed Under: dance attire, dance studios, Teachers Tagged With: Broadway Dance Center, NY Studios, NY teachers, Steps on Broadway

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