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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

The Life of a Freelance Dancer

October 14, 2016 by Nina 5 Comments

Freelance dancer. Most young dancin’ boys don’t think about the freelance life as a career option. However, for some, this is a choice. For others it’s a necessity—at least part of the year. In the United States, the dance season is short. Most dancers must freelance during the eight to fourteen weeks the company is […]

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Filed Under: Interviews with Dancers, professional dance Tagged With: dance careers, Edwin Olvera, freelance, freelance dance, freelance dancer, freelancer

How to Become a Good Partner (from a Ballerina’s Perspective)

June 12, 2016 by Nina 5 Comments

Partnering. It’s a huge part of a male dancer’s job. For some, partnering feels difficult and they hate it. For others, it’s comes naturally, and they love it. No matter where you or your son fall on this spectrum, it’s necessary to become a good partner to succeed in a dance career. Male dancers who […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Dance Tips, Other Interviews, Partnering, performance, professional dance Tagged With: Ballet, contemporary dance, modern dance, Partnering, Sarah Hay

A Young Male Ballet Dancer’s Perspective on Performing Manon

March 31, 2016 by Nina 4 Comments

This past November 2015, my son, Julian Amir Lacey, premiered in the lead role of the three-part ballet, Manon, produced by SemperOper Ballett in Dresden, Germany. This famous ballet was choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan, and the MacMillan Foundation chose Julian to perform the principle part in two of six performances. Julian danced the role of […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Interviews with Dancers, professional dance Tagged With: Des Grieux, Dresden, Germany, Julian Amir Lacey, Kenneth MacMillan, Manon, Sarah Hay, Semperoper Ballett, the MacMillan Foundation

Wilhelm Burmann Talks About How Boys Can Succeed as Dancers (Part 3)

November 15, 2012 by Nina 1 Comment

This is the third and final part of my interview with Wilhelm Burmann, who many professional and aspiring professional dancers take class from daily at Steps on Broadway in New York City. Willy has trained the best of the best in the New York dance community. From corps members to principles and soloists to Broadway […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Choosing a dance company, competitions, Interviews with Dancers, Other Interviews, professional dance, Teachers, YAGP Tagged With: choosing a dance company, choosing dance programs, finding dance teachers, Wilhelm Burmann, YAGP

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

Wilhelm Burmann Talks About How Boys Can Succeed as Dancers (Part 1)

October 3, 2012 by Nina 5 Comments

The day that Julian walked into Wilhelm Burmann’s advanced professional ballet class at Steps on Broadway in New York City he became one of the many dancers whose careers have been touched by this ballet teacher. In fact, on that morning, like most others at Steps, Willy’s class was filled with soloists, principles and corps […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Interviews with Dancers, Other Interviews Tagged With: ballet class, muscle memory, perfection, practice, Wilhelm Burmann

Ailey’s Kirven James Boyd on Being a Professional Dancer

November 15, 2011 by Nina Leave a Comment

Almost two months ago, Alvin Ailey contacted me and asked me if I’d like to run a piece on one of their dancers. Of course, I said “yes.” They’d already featured this particular dancer, Kirven James Boyd, in an article on their website and wanted me to use this text; however, I requested that Kirven […]

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Filed Under: Alvin Ailey, Interviews with Dancers Tagged With: Alvin Ailey, contemporary dance, how to become a professional dancer, Kirven James Boyd, modern dance

Septime Webre of the Washington Ballet on Boys in Ballet

October 28, 2011 by Nina 3 Comments

A little over a month ago I was pleasantly surprised to receive a video from Jacques Berlinerblau in which he interviewed Septime Webre of the Washington Ballet. If  you recall, I mentioned Berlinerblau in this post when he wrote a post at The Chronicle called “My 6-Year-Old Son Takes Ballet—You Got a F#$%^$#@ Problem With […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, boys in dance, Interviews with Dancers, male dancers Tagged With: boys in ballet, Jacques Berlinerblau, Septime Webre, Washington Ballet

Rupert Pennefather on Being a Dancer

September 17, 2011 by Nina 1 Comment

I do have news of Julian and how he is doing at SAB, but I thought I’d change things up a bit today. While I was in New York City I was contacted by email and offered the chance to air an “exclusive” video of Royal Ballet principle Rupert Pennefather speaking about some of the […]

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Filed Under: Attitude, Ballet, dance injuries, Interviews with Dancers, male dancers, Partnering, performance, professional dance, teasing Tagged With: competition, Partnering, performing, Rupert Pennefarther

Jazz Dance Pro Sue Samuels on Raising a Male Dancer

April 30, 2011 by Nina 3 Comments

Almost three years ago I had the pleasure or meeting Sue Samuels, a legend in the jazz dance world and mother of Emmy award-winning tap dancer Jason Samuels Smith. She and I had connected, if I recall correctly, via Facebook or email, about apartments in New York the first year Julian went to the American […]

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Filed Under: encouraging boys to dance, Interviews with Dancers, jason samuels smith, Raising a Male Dancer Tagged With: jason samuels smith, raising male dancers, Sue Samuels, tap, tap dance

Joey Dowling on How to Succeed as a Dancer (Part 4)

December 29, 2010 by Nina 1 Comment

After it’s all the training has been completed, one question remains: Will the dancer get a dance job? Will he make it through the audition and into a company or a show? What can a male dancer—or any dancer for that matter—do to increase the odds of becoming a successful professional dancer? And what does […]

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Filed Under: Broadway, choreography, conventions, Dancing in Hollywood, Dancing on Broadway, Interviews with Dancers, Jo and Jack, Joey Dowling, NYCDA, professional dance, self-confidence Tagged With: dance conventions, getting dance jobs, Joey Dowling, learning choreography, succeeding in dance

Joey Dowling on Dance, Choreography & Transitions (Part 2)

December 17, 2010 by Nina 2 Comments

Since many young dancers have dreams of not only becoming professional dancers but also of becoming professional choreographers, I decided to ask Joey Dowling how she transitioned from successful dancer into her career as a successful choreographer. This post includes my questions and her answers. I have to admit that my interest in this topic […]

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Filed Under: choreography, Interviews with Dancers, Joey Dowling, So You Think You Can Dance, Transition Out of Dance Tagged With: becoming a choreographer, how to become a choreographer, Joey Dowling, networking for dancers, transition out of dance

Joey Dowling on Dance, Choreography & Transitions (Part 1)

December 13, 2010 by Nina 3 Comments

I had the pleasure of speaking to Joey Dowling last year when Julian attended the New York City Dance Alliance convention in San Jose. She told me some stories about her transition from dancer to businesswoman that I found quite interesting. Like Joey, as a young teen Julian spends all his time dancing. By the […]

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