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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

At What Age Should Dancin’ Boys Begin Partnering?

January 1, 2016 by Nina 9 Comments

Little dancin’ boys want to do what big dancin’ boys do. They want to dance with the girls—to partner. But how much partnering should your young dancer do and at what age? Knowing the answer to this question can make the difference between a long career or one that never begins. Julian was eager to […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Partnering Tagged With: age to begin partnering, back problems in young dancers, boys and dance, Partnering, partnering age

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

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

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

What I Learned from the ABT Summer Intensive Experience

September 10, 2009 by ninaamir 2 Comments

For all the mother’s and father’s out there considering the pros and cons of sending their kids off to a summer intensive or of chaperoning them during the American Ballet Theatre summer intensive in New York City, this mother offers up the lessons she learned while chaperoning her son for seven weeks in New York this past summer while he danced.

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, Partnering, summer dance programs Tagged With: American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, should I chaperone my son, should I send my son to a summer ballet intensive, summer ballet intensives

How to Prepare for a Summer Ballet Intensive: Rasta Thomas Offers Advice (Part 1)

June 5, 2009 by ninaamir 7 Comments

At long, long last, I have some really superb advice for all the boys attending summer ballet intensives. Actually, any boy attending any type of summer dance intensive will benefit from the advice offered by ballet great Rasta Thomas.   I first “discovered” Rasta after I’d actually seen him perform as Eddie in the national tour of  the […]

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Filed Under: Dance Exercises and Stretches, Interviews with Dancers, Partnering, rasta thomas, summer dance programs Tagged With: American Ballet Theatre, American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, dance exercises, rasta thomas, San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive, summer ballet intensives

Interview with Duncan Cooper (Part 4): The Issues and Difficulties Faced by Male Dancers (How to Make Choreography Your Own)

May 20, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Last, but definitely not least, here’s part four to my interview with Duncan Cooper. If you don’t remember who Duncan is, please go back to this post to read the brief bio I offered in the part one. Working on Flexibility and Weaknesses Continuing my conversation with Duncan,  I wanted to know if he often saw the […]

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Filed Under: auditions, choreography, conventions, Duncan Cooper, Interviews with Dancers, Partnering Tagged With: advice to male dancers, auditions, being unique, convention choreography, dance as art, dance conventions, Duncan Cooper, flexibility issues, how to be a good dance partner, making choreography your own, male dancer's psychological issues, New York City Dance Alliance, Partnering, stretching

Learning How to "Handle" a Partner

February 9, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

With the Second Stage show put to bed, Teen Dance Company has turned its attention to choreography for its big show, the spring Concert, which will be it’s 10-year anniversary event. The kids spent six hours in the studio on Sunday this past weekend working on their first piece of choreography. Each of the 4-5 […]

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Filed Under: competitions, dance injuries, Partnering, teasing Tagged With: benefits of competition, competition, injuring your partner, Partnering

Looking Forward to Nutcracker 2009 as the Curtain Comes down on the 2008 Production

December 12, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

The Nutcracker production put on by San Jose Dance Theater, which featured my son, Julian, as both Fritz and one of the two Russian dancers, has closed its curtains until next year. Yes, while others gear up, we’ve cleared the stage for the next production, put on by Ballet San Jose’s professional company (sorry friends, […]

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Filed Under: Nutcracker, Partnering, performance Tagged With: Chris Bonomo, learning to partner, Los Gatos Ballet, Mark Foehringer Dance Project, Nutcracker, Nutcracker experiences, San Jose Dance Theater, Sarah Spradlin-Bonomo

Who Needs Him Anyway????

November 15, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

I just received the December issue of Dance Spirit Magazine, and I found myself intrigued and just a bit outraged by an articled titled “Who Needs Him Anyway, A Close Look at All-Girl Partnering.” I showed it to Julian, who stuck out his lower lip in a big pout of dismay. While at Ballet San […]

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Filed Under: Partnering, Uncategorized Tagged With: Dominique Kelley, focus on one form of dance or not, Partnering, same-sex partnering, tap

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