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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

Mark Foehringer on Preparing a Dancin’ Boy for the Professional Dance World (Part 2)

June 27, 2013 by Nina 1 Comment

Boys mature at a different rate than girls. They deal with their emotions differently, and often have different issues as they move through puberty and into young adulthood. I think this can become even more pronounced for the young male dancer who may find him self sticking out like a sore thumb amongst his peers […]

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Filed Under: Changes due to puberty, choreography, College, self-esteem, teaching male dancers, teasing Tagged With: choreography, college, emotional and physical development, professional dance jobs

Denise Wall On Raising Dancin’ Boys (Part 3)

March 7, 2010 by ninaamir 3 Comments

In this third, and last, part of my interview with Denise Wall, owner of Denise Wall’s Dance Energy in Virginia Beach, VA, and coach of such star dancers as her own sons Danny Tidwell and Travis Wall (Travis is also a star choreographer), she offers tips on raising boys who dance. (To read the first […]

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Filed Under: Changes due to puberty, dance attire, dance studios, Dance Tips, Denise Wall, social issues and friends, Teachers, teasing, use of muscles in ballet Tagged With: choosing a studio, Denise Wall, drug use, growth spurts, muscles, parent involvement, passe, passion, pirrouttes, sexuality, Teachers, teasing, training

Strong Sense of Self Helps Boys Dance Well

March 19, 2009 by ninaamir 2 Comments

Julian and I had a conversation yesterday about the post I had just written about developmental stages and how they affect dancers.  (He was adamant that I should be writing about him, by the way…) I told him about the girls and boys I most watched at the convention and how I thought their dancing […]

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Filed Under: Attitude, Changes due to puberty, Uncategorized Tagged With: confidence and dance, developmental stages and dance ability, finding yourself as a dancer, self-esteem and dance performance

Do Development Stages Affect Boys' Dance Ability?

March 17, 2009 by ninaamir 2 Comments

We’re back from The Pulse. Julian is tired, happy to have danced with some great choreographers and to have learned some cool choreography, and a bit disappointed not to have won a scholarship of any sort. I know…I know. The scholarship isn’t important. Tell that to Julian. He had several choreographers talk to him and tell him he was […]

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Filed Under: auditions, Changes due to puberty, conventions, dance scholarships, performance Tagged With: Brian Friedman, convention choreography, dance auditions, dance conventions, dance with confidence, dance with spirit, developmental stages and dance ability, getting noticed at conventions, individuality in dancers, Laurieann, scholarships at conventions, The Pulse, Tyce Diorio, Wade Robson

Be Billy (Elliot) and Get Fired!

December 22, 2008 by ninaamir 8 Comments

I read an article in the latest issue of Mvmnt Magazine about the current cast of Billy Elliot, the Musical. (The article I wrote on Criss Angel’s Believe, which Wade Robson choreographed, is on the cover of this issue.) It seems that one, as yet unnamed “Billy” is due to get fired already, and the show […]

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Filed Under: Changes due to puberty, performance Tagged With: age and performance ability, Billy Elliot, how puberty affects performance

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