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Denise Wall On Raising Dancin’ Boys (Part 3)

March 7, 2010 by ninaamir 3 Comments

In this third, and last, part of my interview with Denise Wall, owner of Denise Wall’s Dance Energy in Virginia Beach, VA, and coach of such star dancers as her own sons Danny Tidwell and Travis Wall (Travis is also a star choreographer), she offers tips on raising boys who dance. (To read the first […]

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Filed Under: Changes due to puberty, dance attire, dance studios, Dance Tips, Denise Wall, social issues and friends, Teachers, teasing, use of muscles in ballet Tagged With: choosing a studio, Denise Wall, drug use, growth spurts, muscles, parent involvement, passe, passion, pirrouttes, sexuality, Teachers, teasing, training

Denise Wall On Raising Dancin' Boys (Part 1)

February 20, 2010 by ninaamir 5 Comments

Two years ago I wrote a cover story for Dance Teacher magazine based on an interview with Denise Wall. I proposed the story to the editors there because I felt quite taken with the dancers her studio, Denise Wall’s Dance Energy in Virginia Beach, VA, turned out. They not only had phenomenal technique but danced […]

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Week 5 of ABT Summer Intensive: Winding Down

July 16, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

OMG! We have less than a week and a half less until the American Ballet  Theatre’s summer intensive ends! Hard to believe…Julian is still having a blast, but I’m a bit homesick at this point, stressed about work and wishing we weren’t staying for an extra week. We are just doing way too much. At […]

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Patience: A Virtue Lost on Boys Who Dance

October 15, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Julian has never been one to wait for anything. Like most boys – or maybe kids in general – patience represents a virtue lost on him. He rushes headlong through his dance education every chance he gets.  He is impatient. He wants to move up, move forward.  Luckily, his teachers tend to slow him down. […]

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Flower Buds and Turn Out – For Boys Who Dance, Too

October 6, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

The editor at Dance Teacher magazine cut lots of information from my article on Denise Wall for lots of reasons – mostly because of space, especially after she asked for more information on Danny Tidwell – and I had to cut an immense amount of information simply to meet her word-count requirements. However, I wanted […]

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