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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

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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Filed Under: choreography, encouraging boys to dance, Interviews with Dancers, So Your Think You can Dance, Transition Out of Dance Tagged With: Encouraging boys to dance, Joey Dowling, technique, transitioning out of dance

Fear of Injury Setting In

July 22, 2010 by Nina 1 Comment

Despite my focus on positive thinking and strong belief that our thoughts are creative, I’ve found myself falling into a fear of Julian injuring himself. After all, he’s doing more than he did last year and I’m confronted with dancers getting injured. You need only watch Fox’s 2010So You Think You Can Dance to see […]

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Filed Under: dance injuries, So Your Think You can Dance, summer dance programs Tagged With: American Ballet Theatre summer dance intensive, Complexions Summer Intensive, dance injuries, Desmond Richardson, Dwight Rhoden

Tips on Deciding If a TV Dance Competition is Right for You

December 15, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

A while ago I posted a guest blog from Julian’s first male dance teacher, Anthony Foster (see bio below). Since then, he and I have been working together to post a second blog, this time about his experience with Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). Yes, the first season of the show, Anthony […]

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Filed Under: auditions, competitions, So Your Think You can Dance Tagged With: Anthony Foster, auditions, dance auditions, dance competitions, dance show contracts, Moves Dance Studio, So You Think You Can Dance, Soleunique, SYTYCD, tv dance competitions, what it's like to be on SYTYCD

Preparing for Going Solo Performance and Copellia

March 11, 2009 by ninaamir 2 Comments

Things are gearing up again. Julian has been practicing an old routine of his from a few years ago called “Hats” for solo studio performance on Thursday. We didn’t realize that he could actually perform in this event, so he didn’t prepare a solo. (We’ll know for next year.) So, he pulled out his very-successful […]

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Filed Under: conventions, dance scholarships, grades, performance, sexuality, So Your Think You can Dance Tagged With: Aristan Rinpoyla, Copellia, Going Solo, Mia Michaels, Nuvo, Remind, The Pulse

Conventions and Sore Ankles

February 16, 2009 by ninaamir 6 Comments

This past weekend Julian and the rest of the Teen Dance Company dancers went to the Nuvo dance convention. Julian had a blast hanging with his buddies from TDC and seeing some old friends from other studios. He also saw some friends from school or from the Nutcracker performance he was in last December.  Additionally, […]

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Filed Under: Attitude, conventions, foot problems, So Your Think You can Dance Tagged With: conventions, dance competitions, dance injury, dancers with big egos, dancers with big heads, Nuvo, So You Think You Can Dance, Travis Wall

When Rumors Fly about Billy Elliot…and A Little News On Nick Lazzarini

December 23, 2008 by ninaamir 1 Comment

Oh, my! I seem to have created quite a stir with my last post. I’ve had an influx of readers since I speculated on who might be the one leaving Billy Elliot, the Musical, which recently opened on Broadway.  I admitted I was getting my information from Movmnt Magazine, and in the comments to my […]

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Filed Under: grades, So Your Think You can Dance Tagged With: alternative schooling options for dancers, Billy Elliot, home schooling for dancers, Nick Lazzarini, So You Think You Can Dance, Who's leaving Billy Elliot?

What Benji Schwimmer Says about Dance Injuries

April 7, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Boys who have, like my son, suffered time off of dance while they recuperated from dance-related injuries, should know they are not alone. Even the best dancers get injured, and they, too, hate sitting one the side while everyone else jumps and turns and pirouettes across the floor. Sometimes it helps to hear what someone […]

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