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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

College or No College: That’s the Quandry

March 8, 2011 by Nina 3 Comments

Here’s a heads up to parents of young male dancers heading down the ballet route. If your son becomes a ballet boy, by which I mean a serious ballet student, beware that he likely will begin to think he should ditch the idea of heading for the hallowed halls of higher learning and head instead […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, College Tagged With: apprentice programs, ballet job vs. college, how to prepare for a ballet career, trainee programs

First Day of YAGP Offers this Mom a Surprise

February 26, 2011 by Nina 1 Comment

I showed up at the Youth American Grand Prix regional competition in Northern California expecting to see some awesome dancing. I sat down in the dark theater ready to watch the 14-year-old contemporary dance category. After Julian’s two-year stint in a pre-professional teen contemporary dance company, I was excited to see the entrees. I rubbed […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, competitions, YAGP Tagged With: ballet competition, contemporary ballet, YAGP, Youth American Grand Prix

YAGP Here We Come!

February 23, 2011 by Nina 1 Comment

I haven’t written too much about Julian’s preparation for Youth American Grand Prix. In fact, early on this year, I said he wasn’t gong to be allowed to compete because his technique was not up to par. However, that all changed after the Nutcracker performances ended. At that time the director of City Ballet School, […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, competitions, YAGP Tagged With: Ballet, ballet competition, YAGP, Youth American Grand Prix

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

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

Studying Male Ballet Roles Helps Boys Become Better Ballet Dancers

April 14, 2010 by ninaamir 5 Comments

Not long ago, one of my readers made a comment. I realized right away, she knew what she was talking about, so I asked her if she felt qualified to write a guest blog post for My Son Can Dance. Turns out, she was more than qualified. Today, she sent me a great post about […]

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Filed Under: Ballet Tagged With: acting, Ballet, ballet roles, character, dance in masculine way

Dancin' Boy Issues: Post #2

April 13, 2010 by ninaamir 5 Comments

Okay…finally back after a brief hiatus. Sorry about that. I can’t even remember what all has happened since my last post…A Chorus Line is over. We are on to Spring Concert rehearsals. Anyone who follows me on Facebook can see Julian’s solo from A Chorus Line. Someone posted it and I shared it. I’m not […]

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Filed Under: Attitude, Ballet, dance studios Tagged With: combo classes, finding a dance class, first dance class, issues. male dancer psychological issues

Whoo Hoo! Julian's Into ABT and We're Off to NYC Again!

February 2, 2010 by ninaamir 4 Comments

Just a short note to say that Julian received notification late last week that he had been accepted again into the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Program in New York City. Whoo hoo! However, we were a bit upset at first to see that he had not been awarded a scholarship. Last year he received […]

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Filed Under: auditions, Ballet, dance scholarships, performance, summer dance programs Tagged With: American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, lifts, Partnering, performance, scholarship, Second Stage

A New Year, A New Website for Boys/Men Interested in Ballet

January 2, 2010 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Happy New Year! Can you believe it? With the blue moon shining over us–a unique event–we entered into a new decade.  I hope this will be a fantastic and unique year for all our dancin’ boys and young men. I also hope you everyone is enjoying their “vacation from dance.” We actually didn’t have one. […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Resources Tagged With: ballet for men, websites for men who dance, YAGP

My Jewish Son Opens as the Prince in the Nutcracker Tomorrow!

December 4, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Oy! My nice Jewish boy appears tomorrow on the big stage–the San Jose Center for Performing Arts–as the one and only prince in the classic Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker. Well…we are not so religious to care really, but it makes for a good joke anyway! And yes,tomorrow evening is the opening show of San Jose […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Nutcracker, performance Tagged With: Nutcracker, Ramon Moreno, San Jose Dance Theater, white tights

How to Inspire Your Son to Dance

December 1, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

If you want to inspire your son to dance, take him to see other men dance. In particular, take him to see really great men dancing like real men. We drove two and a half hours on Friday night to see Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance perform in Santa Rosa, CA. We ‘ve been […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Doing "boy stuff", rasta thomas, technique Tagged With: Adrienne Canterna-Thomas, Bad Boys of Dance, Ballet, flexiblity, inspiration, Joyce Theatre, Kameron Bink, rasta thomas, role models, technique

Speeding Towards Nutcracker Performances

November 21, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

OMG! I can’t keep up with everything. November notoriously is a terribly busy month for me and for Julian. I have another blog that I must handle every day (see www.writenonfictioninnovember.wordpress.com) and Julian has Nutcracker rehearsals on Saturday after TDC rehearsals  and all day on Sunday.  Not to mention that I was editing two books […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, choreography, competitions, Nutcracker Tagged With: Nutcracker, solo, student choreography, YAGP

ABT Summer Intensive Ends with Awesome Performance

July 24, 2009 by ninaamir 2 Comments

The six weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s summer intensive ended with a bang! The final performance was awesome with the advanced students, in particular, offering up some really amazing and pretty professional-looking dancing. In particular, the violet level choreographed one number themselves (with the help of their instructor), and it was a stand out by far! […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, performance, summer dance programs Tagged With: American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, final performance, home schooling, male dancers, ostracized, performing arts schools, summer dance program, teasing

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