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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

How to Let Your Dancing Son Spread His Wings—Alone

December 5, 2016 by Nina 1 Comment

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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 […]

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Filed Under: Parental Role, professional dance Tagged With: boys who dance, dance, male ballet dancers, parents of dancers, pre-pro dance programs, professional dance, safety

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 4 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

Dancing Des Grieux: An Artistic Director’s View

April 20, 2016 by Nina 1 Comment

It’s not often a dancin’ mom gets to have a long chat with her dancin’ son’s artistic director—especially when he dances professionally. However, I had the unique opportunity to interview Aaron Watkin, the artistic director at SemperOper Ballett in Dresden, Germany, just after my son, Julian, danced the biggest role of his career, Des Grieux […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Dance in Europe, Dance Tips, professional dance Tagged With: Aaron Watkin, Des Grieux, Julian Amir Lacey, Manon, professional dance, Semperoper Ballett

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

Finishing the Ballet Season in Style

July 12, 2014 by Nina Leave a Comment

The curtain came down yesterday on the 2013-2014 Semperoper Ballett season. This marked the end of Julian’s first year in the corps de ballet for a major European ballet company and his first year fully employed and living in his own apartment in Dresden. Due to an unfortunate event just three minutes or so into […]

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Filed Under: Dance in Europe, professional dance Tagged With: Alexei Ratmansky, dance performance, premier, Semperoper Ballet, Tanzsuite

How to Watch Julian Dance This New Year’s Eve

December 31, 2013 by Nina 2 Comments

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If you read my last post about Julian’s big television debut, you might be wondering how to actually watch his performance on live German television from wherever you are this New Year’s Eve. And I promised to provide you with the link once I had it. Now I finally have two links that should work; […]

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Filed Under: professional dance Tagged With: Julian dancing live, New Year television performance, Semperoper Ballet on Live TV, Silvesterconcert

My Dancin’ Son Get’s His Television Debut

December 3, 2013 by Nina 8 Comments

Julian Lacey performing

It’s rare these days for me to be able to “show” you Julian dancing in Germany. However, recently he was chosen as the lead in a short, new piece to be aired on national German television. During the filming, some “unofficial” photos were taken that I was given permission to use. I suppose I could […]

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Filed Under: Dance in Europe, professional dance Tagged With: dancing on television, Raphaël Coumes-Marquet, Semperoper Ballett, Silvesterconcert, television debut

See Nordic Lights in Germany

November 27, 2013 by Nina Leave a Comment

I recently took another short trip to Germany to see Julian dance in a SemperOper Ballett premier. We were thrilled to see him dance in Nordic Lights, October 25 and 27, three contemporary pieces by Swedish choreographers. We arrived in Germany to a text message asking if we would make it to Dresden by 1 […]

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Filed Under: choreography, Dance in Europe, professional dance Tagged With: Dresden, Germany, Nordic Lights, Semperoper Ballett, Swedish choreographers

Mark Foehringer on Preparing a Dancin’ Boy for the Professional Dance World (Part 1)

June 19, 2013 by Nina 1 Comment

My husband and I firmly believe that one of the things that makes Julian such a good dancer is the variety of dance training he received but, in particular, the years of contemporary dance training coupled with his classical ballet training. This also makes him a more marketable dancer. Of course, a dancer most have […]

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Filed Under: auditions, Ballet, competitions, performance, professional dance Tagged With: auditions, classical ballet, Conservatory of Contemporary Dance Arts, contemporary dance

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

And the Show Goes on Without the Dance Mom (and Dad)

August 31, 2012 by Nina Leave a Comment

Today is the big day. It’s 1 a.m. in California as I write this but already 10 a.m. in Dresden, German. Julian is in company class by now. Semperoper Ballett will likely rehearse today and then the company opens the season tonight with La Bayadere. My son will go on stage i that beautiful opera […]

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Filed Under: performance, professional dance, Raising a Male Dancer Tagged With: dance dads, dance moms, opening night, Semperoper Ballet

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