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My Son Can Dance

One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

Happy Post-Nutcracker Season!

January 4, 2015 by Nina Leave a Comment

I want to wish all of my readers and subscribers a very, happy, healthy, and successful New Year. I hope 2015 will bring you, or you and your dancin’ boys, continued dancing success. For many dancin’ boys and their families, the holiday season, or Nutcracker season, can feel quite busy! It’s also very fulfilling for […]

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Filed Under: Nutcracker Tagged With: Julian Lacey, New Year, Nutcracker

My Son’s First Professional Nutcracker Performance

December 25, 2012 by Nina 3 Comments

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No matter how many times the parent of a dancer sees the Nutcracker, it’s always different when your own child performs in it. This year, I watched with a particular excitement as my son took the stage not necessarily in the largest role he’s ever danced in this traditional holiday ballet but in his most […]

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Filed Under: Nutcracker Tagged With: Dresden, Germany, Nutcracker, Semperoper Ballet

Off to Germany to See the Nutcracker…and a Particular Mouse

December 9, 2012 by Nina 2 Comments

After much back and forth, I’m off to Germany to see Julian for the first time since he left in August! Yippee! My husband and I talked about the possibility of going at this time of year to see Julian and then decided we would wait until spring when Julian might have a role in […]

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Filed Under: Nutcracker Tagged With: Germany, Mouse, Nutcracker, Russian, Semperoper Ballet

Cooking, Mice, Russian, Variations, and Auditions

November 24, 2012 by Nina 2 Comments

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It’s been a while since I wrote anything about Julian. Since some of you may be wondering, here’s the news from Germany… Julian is enjoying life in Europe. He likes Dresden, the food, the life, the dancing, the company members. He is learning German slowly…not using his online Rosetta Stone course much. He says it’s […]

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Filed Under: Apprenticeships, auditions, Ballet, Nutcracker, performance Tagged With: auditions, Ballet, ballet auditions, Nutcracker, Russian

Getting a Dance Start in the Nutcracker

January 8, 2011 by Nina Leave a Comment

The Christmas season has ended, but I’d like to make mention of the fact that many a young male dancer has gotten his start in the Nutcracker. I’ve been meaning to mention a nice article that was written on this topic and published  in The Courier-Journal. I noticed it published on Boys and Ballet. Some […]

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Filed Under: Nutcracker Tagged With: Ballet San Jose, dance roles, Fritz, Nutcracker

On to YAGP and 2nd Stage…

December 13, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Nutcracker’s over for another year. Julian did a great job. He looked quite regal in red and white, and his partnering was commendable. The production, overall, was superb. Now we are on to Youth American Grand Prix rehearsals. We started rehearsing earlier this fall, but the kids took time off during the last weeks of […]

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Filed Under: competitions, grades, Nutcracker, performance Tagged With: dance performance, Nutcracker, Second Stage, TDC, YAGP, Youth American Grand Prix

My Jewish Son Opens as the Prince in the Nutcracker Tomorrow!

December 4, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Oy! My nice Jewish boy appears tomorrow on the big stage–the San Jose Center for Performing Arts–as the one and only prince in the classic Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker. Well…we are not so religious to care really, but it makes for a good joke anyway! And yes,tomorrow evening is the opening show of San Jose […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Nutcracker, performance Tagged With: Nutcracker, Ramon Moreno, San Jose Dance Theater, white tights

Speeding Towards Nutcracker Performances

November 21, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

OMG! I can’t keep up with everything. November notoriously is a terribly busy month for me and for Julian. I have another blog that I must handle every day (see www.writenonfictioninnovember.wordpress.com) and Julian has Nutcracker rehearsals on Saturday after TDC rehearsals  and all day on Sunday.  Not to mention that I was editing two books […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, choreography, competitions, Nutcracker Tagged With: Nutcracker, solo, student choreography, YAGP

Life in the Dance Lane

October 16, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

In case you were wondering, I haven’t abandoned this blog. I’ve been a bit busy…first with the Jewish High Holy Days and then with my second ACL surgery in 14 years. Yes…that fall down the stairs in New York ended me up under the orthopedic surgeon’s knife on September 29th (after a preliminary visit to […]

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Filed Under: Attitude, choreography, Doing "boy stuff", grades, Partnering Tagged With: choreography track for kids, Marcie Ryken, Nutcracker, San Jose Ballet, San Jose Dance Theater, TDC

All Quiet on the Dance Front Until After After We Ring in the New Year

December 30, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Things are pretty quiet here other than pushing Julian to study for midterms, taking him to tutoring, handling an ear problem and a weird foot rash problem he had, and getting ready for my mother-in-law and stepson to arrive tonight. of course, we just finished celebrating Chanukah and put the decorations away. He did go […]

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Looking Forward to Nutcracker 2009 as the Curtain Comes down on the 2008 Production

December 12, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

The Nutcracker production put on by San Jose Dance Theater, which featured my son, Julian, as both Fritz and one of the two Russian dancers, has closed its curtains until next year. Yes, while others gear up, we’ve cleared the stage for the next production, put on by Ballet San Jose’s professional company (sorry friends, […]

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Filed Under: Nutcracker, Partnering, performance Tagged With: Chris Bonomo, learning to partner, Los Gatos Ballet, Mark Foehringer Dance Project, Nutcracker, Nutcracker experiences, San Jose Dance Theater, Sarah Spradlin-Bonomo

We're Cracking Nuts to Get Ready for the Nutcracker…and to Produce T-Shirts for Holiday Gifts!

December 3, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

OMG! Julian’s Nutcracker performances are this weekend already. When he performed with Ballet San Jose, the performances were the week before Christmas (Or was it for two full weeks?), but we came back from Thanksgiving in NY to a crazy tech week schedule. Thank goodness I’ve completed my 30-day writing blog. And we don’t even just […]

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Filed Under: dance attire, Doing "boy stuff", gifts for male dancers, Nutcracker Tagged With: Christmas gifts for boys who dance, Nutcracker, t-shirts for boys and men who dance, tech week

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