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How to Audition for Your First Dance Job

February 29, 2016 by Nina 1 Comment

Young men who choose to dance have many opportunities and reasons to audition. They audition for summer intensives, for positions in companies, and for specific roles. When the time comes to audition for companies, hopefully, they’ve gotten some experience so they can put their best foot forward. When Julian danced at Teen Dance Company (now […]

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Filed Under: auditions Tagged With: audition tips, auditions, dance auditions, dance jobs

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

Do Development Stages Affect Boys' Dance Ability?

March 17, 2009 by ninaamir 2 Comments

We’re back from The Pulse. Julian is tired, happy to have danced with some great choreographers and to have learned some cool choreography, and a bit disappointed not to have won a scholarship of any sort. I know…I know. The scholarship isn’t important. Tell that to Julian. He had several choreographers talk to him and tell him he was […]

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Filed Under: auditions, Changes due to puberty, conventions, dance scholarships, performance Tagged With: Brian Friedman, convention choreography, dance auditions, dance conventions, dance with confidence, dance with spirit, developmental stages and dance ability, getting noticed at conventions, individuality in dancers, Laurieann, scholarships at conventions, The Pulse, Tyce Diorio, Wade Robson

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