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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

Oh, How they Grow Up

August 26, 2013 by Nina 1 Comment

Julian returned in mid July from Dresden, Germany, for the first time in a year. He was on his summer break—one month off—from Semperoper Ballett. During that time he transitioned from apprentice to a member of the corps de ballet. He returned to California not only as a 19-year-old with a ballet contract he had […]

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Filed Under: College, Parental Role Tagged With: apprenticeship programs, dance in Europe, growing up, letting go

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

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

High School Graduation and SAB Workshop Approaching

March 31, 2012 by Nina 7 Comments

The end of the year is fast approaching. When it comes to dance, everything seems to be moving along well for Julian. His foot seems to have healed up, although I’m not there to speak to anyone. The physical therapist says after spring break he need only come back once a week, and he has […]

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Filed Under: Attitude, auditions, Ballet, College, college dance programs, dance injuries, foot problems, grades, Raising a Male Dancer Tagged With: grades, graduation, school work, Workshop

Summer Intensive Auditions End, REAL Auditions Start

March 6, 2012 by Nina 2 Comments

A lot has happened since my last post…I’ve just been too busy to write. I apologize. I’ve got a non-dance related book coming out in a few months, and getting ready for that launch has been taking up all my time. Anyhoo. Since I wrote last Julian has been struggling with his tendon tear. He […]

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Filed Under: auditions, choreography, College, dance injuries, foot problems, grades, performance, professional dance, recovery from dance injury, summer dance programs Tagged With: college dance auditions, company auditions, summer ballet intensives, tendon injury, Workshop

Time to Start Auditioning for Companies & Summer Intensives

November 28, 2011 by Nina 1 Comment

The School of American Ballet (SAB) students receive guidance about summer intensives and company auditions just before Thanksgiving break. The boys are brought in to see Jock Soto, the head of the men’s division, and he asks them what summer programs they might be interested in attending. He then advises them on their choices. He […]

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Filed Under: Attitude, auditions, Ballet, College, college dance programs, dance scholarships, Partnering, SAB year-round ballet program, summer dance intensives, summer dance programs Tagged With: auditions, audtitioning, Regents tests, summer dance intensives

Our First Regional Dance America Experience

May 26, 2011 by Nina 2 Comments

We returned from Regional Dance America (RDA) in Los Vegas a week ago. We haven’t had a break. My husband, Ron, flew in from Germany the day before we left and flew out to Missouri to care for his mother a day after we returned. Julian had rehearsals up until the evening before we left […]

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Filed Under: auditions, Ballet, choreography, College, college dance programs, conventions, dance scholarships, Regional Dance America, summer dance programs

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

Joey Dowling on a Dancer’s Education and Training (Part 3)

December 26, 2010 by Nina Leave a Comment

One of the issues we’ve been struggling with lately has been whether or not Julian will go to college. We’ve always assumed he would, but in the back of all of our minds we knew a chance existed that he might simple end up dancing. As they say, dancers dance. (Expect to see more posts […]

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Filed Under: auditions, Broadway, College, college dance programs, Dancing on Broadway, Joey Dowling Tagged With: college dance programs, dancing on Broadway, how to succeed on Broadway, Joey Dowling, triple threat

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

What Goes Into a Dance Resume?

November 24, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

While tweeting on Twitter today (yes, you can find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ninaamir), I saw a link offered as the answer to a question about the difference between a regular resume and a dance resume. So, of course, I clicked on the link. I discovered a short and sweet explanation of what goes into […]

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Filed Under: auditions, College, Resources Tagged With: auditions, college dance resume, dance resume

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