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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

When Will a Male Dancer Be Recognized as an Athlete?

December 26, 2009 by ninaamir 3 Comments

I was so thrilled to hear that a race horse – a female race horse at that – had come in second in the Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year award. Yes, thoroughbred filly Zenyatta, winner of this years Breeder’s Cup Classic, came in second, edged out by tennis star Serena Williams. A horse has […]

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Filed Under: Doing "boy stuff" Tagged With: Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year, athletes, male dancers, strength of male dancers, Zenyatta

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

Life in the Dance Lane

October 16, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

In case you were wondering, I haven’t abandoned this blog. I’ve been a bit busy…first with the Jewish High Holy Days and then with my second ACL surgery in 14 years. Yes…that fall down the stairs in New York ended me up under the orthopedic surgeon’s knife on September 29th (after a preliminary visit to […]

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Filed Under: Attitude, choreography, Doing "boy stuff", grades, Partnering Tagged With: choreography track for kids, Marcie Ryken, Nutcracker, San Jose Ballet, San Jose Dance Theater, TDC

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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Filed Under: boys dance classes, dance costs and fees, dance scholarships, Doing "boy stuff" Tagged With: boys dance classes, boys-only classes, free boys classes, scholarships for boys who dance

We're Cracking Nuts to Get Ready for the Nutcracker…and to Produce T-Shirts for Holiday Gifts!

December 3, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

OMG! Julian’s Nutcracker performances are this weekend already. When he performed with Ballet San Jose, the performances were the week before Christmas (Or was it for two full weeks?), but we came back from Thanksgiving in NY to a crazy tech week schedule. Thank goodness I’ve completed my 30-day writing blog. And we don’t even just […]

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Filed Under: dance attire, Doing "boy stuff", gifts for male dancers, Nutcracker Tagged With: Christmas gifts for boys who dance, Nutcracker, t-shirts for boys and men who dance, tech week

Be Careful What You Ask For…

November 14, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

First, let me comment on the comment from last post concerning competition. This is a hot topic. Competitions have so much going for them, and so much going against them. I want to say one thing: They shouldn’t be about how many rhinestones are on the costume. They should be about technique and performance. Period. […]

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Filed Under: competitions, Doing "boy stuff" Tagged With: competitions, costumes, doing boy stuff in dance class, doing guy stuff, getting judged on costumes, jumps, Mark Foehringer, performance, Ramon Moreno, technique

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