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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

In the Company of Boys

July 7, 2015 by Nina 2 Comments

As I await Julian’s arrival home after another year dancing professionally at SemperOper Ballett in Dresden, Germany, I occassionally read the accounts posted in the My Son Can Dance private Facebook group about all the dancing’ boys leaving home to go to summer intensives. My son is taking the summer off, while these younger boys […]

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, summer dance intensives, summer dance programs Tagged With: end of dance season, promotion, summer dance program, summer intensive

How a Ballet Program in Rural WA Attracts and Trains Male Dancers

January 20, 2013 by Nina 7 Comments

When I received an email from Mick Gunter, who own and runs the Centralia Ballet Academy with his wife in Centralia, WA, I took notice. They started the school three years ago in a small rural town in the southwestern part of the State, yet in the first year of the program, they attracted a […]

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, dance studios, Keeping Boys in Studios Tagged With: attracting male dancers, boys dance classes, boys dance programs, special programming for boys

Looking for a Summer Dance Intensive for Your Son?

December 13, 2011 by Nina Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again…time to audition for summer dance intensives. I feel quite removed from the process this year because Julian will be handling it by himself in New York. He’s made his own decisions about which intensives he wants to attend, and he will sign up and audition on his own as […]

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The 1st 2 Weeks at School of American Ballet’s Intensive

July 12, 2011 by Nina 2 Comments

First, let me apologize for my long silence. Life is still crazy in the Lacey/Amir household. Ron and Julian went off to the airport on Saturday morning the 25th of July. Julian took off for NYC and Ron for Germany. I took off for a workshop I had to teach for 30 people. I left […]

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, summer dance programs Tagged With: ABT, SAB, School of American Ballet, summer ballet intensive

Happy Belated National Tap Dance Day!

May 26, 2010 by Nina 1 Comment

Well, I’m a bit late, but that’s not unusual for me when it comes to wishing friends and family birthday and anniversary wishes. So why should it be any different for national tap dance day? Anyway…Yesterday, May 25th, was National Tap Day! So, hurray for tapping! I can still remember Julian when he was just […]

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What I Learned from the ABT Summer Intensive Experience

September 10, 2009 by ninaamir 2 Comments

For all the mother’s and father’s out there considering the pros and cons of sending their kids off to a summer intensive or of chaperoning them during the American Ballet Theatre summer intensive in New York City, this mother offers up the lessons she learned while chaperoning her son for seven weeks in New York this past summer while he danced.

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Meeting Debbie Allen and Experiences at DADA

April 12, 2009 by ninaamir 5 Comments

We took off for LA on Tuesday morning, skipping dance on Tuesday (and a Passover seder on both the first and second night — Wednesday and Thursday — of the holiday) so we could make it to UCLA for a tour by afternoon. That was the start of three days of intensive college tours primarily for […]

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Off to LA and DADA

April 6, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

It’s spring break here, and I’m taking both my kids down to Los Angeles. My daughter needs to tour a few colleges down there, and while she is checking out the costume design programs, Julian is going to check out their dance programs. We’ll visit the University of Southern California and then UCLA and California […]

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Free Ballet Classes Draw Boys Into The Studio

February 24, 2009 by ninaamir 1 Comment

I recently was asked to write a short sidebar on how to get boys into the dance studio and keep them there.  (The piece will appear in an upcoming issue of Dance Teacher magazine.) One of the things I stressed was that studios should offer free or discounted classes for boys, as well as scholarships. […]

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Alone Again…How Many Boys are in Your Son's Ballet Class?

October 7, 2008 by ninaamir 2 Comments

Today I received a comment from someone (see yesterday’s post) whose 13-year-old son is lucky enough to be in a boy’s ballet class. Not only that, it’s taught by a male ballet teacher! Whoo hoo! But she rightfully was grateful that, even though there are only four boys in attendance, her son has a class “that […]

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