Today’s guest post is written by another dancin’ mom, Lindsay Clinton. She writes about finding the courage to let her dancin’ boy out from under her wing so he could fly toward his dreams. The blast occurred at 8:30 a few blocks from Charlie’s New York City home. He immediately responded to my text, “I’m […]
Oh, How they Grow Up
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 […]
Why You Must Become Your Dancin’ Son’s Manager
My last blog post about when to send your son to a summer dance intensive generated a bit of off-blog discussion from parents too afraid to comment on the blog. Too intimidated by their studio directors or ballet masters, they didn’t want their names right there in the blog comments as they told me stories […]