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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

Off to Germany to See the Nutcracker…and a Particular Mouse

December 9, 2012 by Nina 2 Comments

After much back and forth, I’m off to Germany to see Julian for the first time since he left in August! Yippee! My husband and I talked about the possibility of going at this time of year to see Julian and then decided we would wait until spring when Julian might have a role in […]

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Filed Under: Nutcracker Tagged With: Germany, Mouse, Nutcracker, Russian, Semperoper Ballet

Cooking, Mice, Russian, Variations, and Auditions

November 24, 2012 by Nina 2 Comments

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It’s been a while since I wrote anything about Julian. Since some of you may be wondering, here’s the news from Germany… Julian is enjoying life in Europe. He likes Dresden, the food, the life, the dancing, the company members. He is learning German slowly…not using his online Rosetta Stone course much. He says it’s […]

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Filed Under: Apprenticeships, auditions, Ballet, Nutcracker, performance Tagged With: auditions, Ballet, ballet auditions, Nutcracker, Russian

Wilhelm Burmann Talks About How Boys Can Succeed as Dancers (Part 3)

November 15, 2012 by Nina 1 Comment

This is the third and final part of my interview with Wilhelm Burmann, who many professional and aspiring professional dancers take class from daily at Steps on Broadway in New York City. Willy has trained the best of the best in the New York dance community. From corps members to principles and soloists to Broadway […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Choosing a dance company, competitions, Interviews with Dancers, Other Interviews, professional dance, Teachers, YAGP Tagged With: choosing a dance company, choosing dance programs, finding dance teachers, Wilhelm Burmann, YAGP

Wilhelm Burmann Talks About How Boys Can Succeed as Dancers (Part 2)

November 11, 2012 by Nina 2 Comments

It’s been over a month since I posted Wilhelm Burmann Talks About How Boys Can Succeed as Dancers (Part 1)—or anything else here on this blog. I apologize. My life has been crazy. You’d think it would be calm and simple without my dancin’ boy at home. Life works in mysterious ways, and just as […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, College, Interviews with Dancers, Other Interviews, professional dance, teaching male dancers Tagged With: Ballet, Palluca College of Dance, professional ballet, Semperoper Ballett, Wilhelm Burman

Wilhelm Burmann Talks About How Boys Can Succeed as Dancers (Part 1)

October 3, 2012 by Nina 5 Comments

The day that Julian walked into Wilhelm Burmann’s advanced professional ballet class at Steps on Broadway in New York City he became one of the many dancers whose careers have been touched by this ballet teacher. In fact, on that morning, like most others at Steps, Willy’s class was filled with soloists, principles and corps […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Interviews with Dancers, Other Interviews Tagged With: ballet class, muscle memory, perfection, practice, Wilhelm Burmann

Helping Your Son Realize His Dream (When You Don’t Share It)

September 9, 2012 by Nina Leave a Comment

How to support a boy who wants to dance professionally

This past week I received an email from a young dancer. He’s just graduated from high school and has only been dancing for two years. Yet, he wants to become a classical ballet dancer. Not surprisingly, his parents don’t share his dream. I say “not surprisingly” because I have probably met or heard about more […]

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Filed Under: encouraging boys to dance, Raising a Male Dancer, Supporting your son's dream Tagged With: dance dream, dream, expert advice, parental support

And the Show Goes on Without the Dance Mom (and Dad)

August 31, 2012 by Nina Leave a Comment

Today is the big day. It’s 1 a.m. in California as I write this but already 10 a.m. in Dresden, German. Julian is in company class by now. Semperoper Ballett will likely rehearse today and then the company opens the season tonight with La Bayadere. My son will go on stage i that beautiful opera […]

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Filed Under: performance, professional dance, Raising a Male Dancer Tagged With: dance dads, dance moms, opening night, Semperoper Ballet

News from Abroad and From the Homefront

August 19, 2012 by Nina 5 Comments

It’s been 11 days…and news has been sparse from Germany, to say the least. As you can imagine, with my hubby gone to Berlin after dropping Julian off, the house is quiet. Just the cat and me at home, reminiscent of when Ron took Julian off to SAB last fall. Just as when Julian left […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, company class, performance, professional dance Tagged With: adjustment, company class, La Bayadere, letting go, rehearsal

Interesting Year-Long Dance/Film Project Needs Support

August 15, 2012 by Nina Leave a Comment

Recently I learned about an interesting dance/film project I wanted to support here on the blog. However, with everything going on with my book and Julian leaving for Germany, this blog post became delayed. I’m publishing this today—with just 34 hours left—in the hope that you will consider contributing while there is still time. Project […]

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Filed Under: dance, male dancers, transitioning out of dance Tagged With: dance, dance films, Daniel Mollner, film

Remembering What Was Given Up to Get to Dresden

August 13, 2012 by Nina 2 Comments

Julian moved to Germany this week, boarding a plane at 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning August 8 with his father. I sat in the car outside the airport and watched them check in. I didn’t drive away until the bags—four (including one of his dad’s) and a carry one—were checked and they headed for security. […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, social issues and friends, summer dance programs Tagged With: becoming a dancer, Camp Newman, professional dancer, Semperoper Ballett

A Run Down on the San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive

August 5, 2012 by Nina 3 Comments

our impressions of the SFB summer intensive

I haven’t had much news to report about the San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive because, like last year when Julian attended the School of American Ballet summer intensive, he has been there on his own. But I did ask him some questions about it two weeks ago for the purpose of writing this post, and […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, summer dance intensives, summer dance programs Tagged With: San Francisco Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive, SFB trainee program, Summer ballet programs

Creating a Performance Reel for Dance Job Auditions

July 22, 2012 by Nina Leave a Comment

your dancer needs a performance DVD reel

Your dancin’ boy might need a dance reel when he approaches job audition time. This DVD with his recent, or most recent, performances on it is handed to or sent to prospective employers, by which I mean artistic directors in classical or contemporary ballet companies. You might also need one for tap, jazz, modern, or […]

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Filed Under: auditions Tagged With: audition tips, dance DVD, dance reel, preparing a reel

It’s Official: My Dancin’ Boy is a Professional Dancer!

July 6, 2012 by Nina 4 Comments

Signing a contract with a dance company

It’s official. My dancin’ boy is a professional dancer! Really. The  contract came in the mail–in German–from Semperoper Ballett. We put it through a translator online. Julian signed the original copy, which had all the official signatures on it already. He took it to the post office and put it in the mail. Done. The […]

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Filed Under: professional dance Tagged With: Palucca, professional dancer, San Francisco Ballet School, Semperoper Ballett

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