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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

Dancin' Boy Issues: Post #1

March 11, 2010 by ninaamir 12 Comments

I’ve been promising some answers to the comments you left in reply to my request for you to tell me the issues you (if you are a dancin’ boy) or your sons face as male dancers. Today, I’ll begin. I’ll start with the topic of costumes and dance clothes for boys. This is a tough […]

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Filed Under: dance attire Tagged With: costumes, dancewear, dancewear for boys, tights

Gearing Up For End-of-the-Year Concert

May 22, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

This is it! The end-of-the-year concert happens this weekend. Julian finished up Los Gatos Ballet’s Copellia last weekend only to start right in on technical rehearsals for Teen Dance Company’s 10th anniversary concert on Monday. Here it is Friday already, and he’s been at the Mexican Heritage Theatre in San Jose since 4 p.m. (it’s […]

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Filed Under: performance, summer dance programs, Uncategorized Tagged With: costumes, end of year performances, getting in shape for summer ballet programs, technical rehearsals, Teen Dance Company 10th Anniversary Concert

Getting Ready for Another Convention: NYCDA

March 27, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

I didn’t write this week, because we didn’t have much going on. The company turned its focus to preparing for the NYCDA convention, where they will once again compete. Julian’s not too excited about going to this convention. He says three in a row was too many. Plus, he wanted to attend a dance the […]

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Filed Under: competitions, conventions, dance attire Tagged With: costumes, dance convention, Debbie Allen, LA tap Festival, NYCDA, rehearsing for competition, San Francisco Tap Festival, summer intensives

Be Careful What You Ask For…

November 14, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

First, let me comment on the comment from last post concerning competition. This is a hot topic. Competitions have so much going for them, and so much going against them. I want to say one thing: They shouldn’t be about how many rhinestones are on the costume. They should be about technique and performance. Period. […]

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Filed Under: competitions, Doing "boy stuff" Tagged With: competitions, costumes, doing boy stuff in dance class, doing guy stuff, getting judged on costumes, jumps, Mark Foehringer, performance, Ramon Moreno, technique

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