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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

How a Ballet Program in Rural WA Attracts and Trains Male Dancers

January 20, 2013 by Nina 7 Comments

When I received an email from Mick Gunter, who own and runs the Centralia Ballet Academy with his wife in Centralia, WA, I took notice. They started the school three years ago in a small rural town in the southwestern part of the State, yet in the first year of the program, they attracted a […]

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, dance studios, Keeping Boys in Studios Tagged With: attracting male dancers, boys dance classes, boys dance programs, special programming for boys

Choosing A Dance Program For My Preschool-Aged Son

July 27, 2010 by Nina 8 Comments

For ages I've been asking my fellow dance blogger Nichelle Strzepek to write a guest post for me. She finally complied and wrote something absolutely perfect! Since Julian is already 16, I tend not to think about the younger boys. Nichelle, on the other hand, has a three-year-old son she is just thinking of starting […]

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Filed Under: dance studios, Teachers Tagged With: boys dance classes, choosing a dance program, dance program for young boys, preschool dance program

Happy Belated National Tap Dance Day!

May 26, 2010 by Nina 1 Comment

Well, I’m a bit late, but that’s not unusual for me when it comes to wishing friends and family birthday and anniversary wishes. So why should it be any different for national tap dance day? Anyway…Yesterday, May 25th, was National Tap Day! So, hurray for tapping! I can still remember Julian when he was just […]

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, jason samuels smith, tap Tagged With: boys dance classes, Broadway Dance Center, Miller and Ben, National Tap Day, tap dance

Meeting Debbie Allen and Experiences at DADA

April 12, 2009 by ninaamir 5 Comments

We took off for LA on Tuesday morning, skipping dance on Tuesday (and a Passover seder on both the first and second night — Wednesday and Thursday — of the holiday) so we could make it to UCLA for a tour by afternoon. That was the start of three days of intensive college tours primarily for […]

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, college dance programs, dance attire, dance studios, summer dance programs Tagged With: American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, boys dance classes, college dance programs, dancing with boys, Debbie Allen, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, flexibility

Free Ballet Classes Draw Boys Into The Studio

February 24, 2009 by ninaamir 1 Comment

I recently was asked to write a short sidebar on how to get boys into the dance studio and keep them there.  (The piece will appear in an upcoming issue of Dance Teacher magazine.) One of the things I stressed was that studios should offer free or discounted classes for boys, as well as scholarships. […]

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, dance costs and fees, dance scholarships, Doing "boy stuff" Tagged With: boys dance classes, boys-only classes, free boys classes, scholarships for boys who dance

Alone Again…How Many Boys are in Your Son's Ballet Class?

October 7, 2008 by ninaamir 2 Comments

Today I received a comment from someone (see yesterday’s post) whose 13-year-old son is lucky enough to be in a boy’s ballet class. Not only that, it’s taught by a male ballet teacher! Whoo hoo! But she rightfully was grateful that, even though there are only four boys in attendance, her son has a class “that […]

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Is This the Right Dance Studio for My Son?

October 1, 2008 by ninaamir 1 Comment

We have been on a quest for the right dance studio for our son it seems forever, which is not to say that we haven’t been happy with some of the studios where he has danced. I’m sure that the mothers of female dancers struggle with the same issue, since finding a good fit for any […]

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