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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

Is the School of American Ballet Summer Intensive Right for Your Son?

January 27, 2014 by Nina 4 Comments

I’ve gotten several questions in the past two years about the School of American Ballet’s summer program as well as about the year-round residential program. Parents and boys are wondering if the program is rigorous enough compared to others, like American Ballet Theater (ABT). They also want to know if the residential program is a […]

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Filed Under: summer dance intensives, summer dance programs Tagged With: American Ballet Theater, residential ballet program, San Francisco Ballet, School of American Ballet, summer ballet intensive, summer dance intensive

My Dancin’ Boy Tests His Wings

June 30, 2012 by Nina 3 Comments

How do dancing boys test their wings?

The School of American Ballet is over, and Julian has finished classes at The Professional Performing Arts School (and graduated, as far as I know). Whoo hoo! It won’t be long before he takes off for Germany–under 2 months. The end of all of this was a bit anticlimactic, to say the least. Once Workshop […]

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Filed Under: foot problems, recovery from dance injury Tagged With: SAB, School of American Ballet, Steps on Broadway, travel

Attending the School of American Ballet Workshop

June 8, 2012 by Nina 6 Comments

All the detials about School of American Ballet's Workshop

The big day arrived: The School of American Ballet (SAB) Workshop. The whole dance world, it seemed, was waiting for the school to reveal the next generation of dancers–especially New York City Ballet’s (NYCB) dancers. Supposedly representatives from all over the United States and Europe attend Workshop. In this economy, I’m not sure that still […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, performance, professional dance Tagged With: apprentice, New York City Ballet, School of American Ballet, Wien Award, Workshop

My Long Trip to See a 3-Minute Dance Performance

October 22, 2011 by Nina 2 Comments

I returned home on Sunday morning at 1:30 a.m. just six days after leaving California for New York. I traveled all the way across the country with my husband — six hours by airplane (not including 1.5 hours drive time in each direction to the airport and about 2 hours in the airport) — to […]

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Filed Under: SAB year-round ballet program Tagged With: partnering class, SAB winter program, School of American Ballet, visiting dancers

Dealing with Dancin’ Boys from a Distance

October 9, 2011 by Nina 2 Comments

It’s been about a month since Julian left for New York City and his senior year at the School of American Ballet and Professional Performing Arts School. I guess it’s about time I gave you an update. If you’ve been wondering why I haven’t until now…well… First, It’s been a tough 4 weeks with him […]

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Filed Under: SAB year-round ballet program, social issues and friends Tagged With: communication, Professional Performing Arts School, School of American Ballet, year-long dance programs

Bye, Bye Dancin’ Boy

September 7, 2011 by Nina 4 Comments

It’s taken me four days to be able to write this post, and just typing in the headline brought tears to my eyes. That tells you how hard it was to say goodbye to my dancin’ boy,  who left on Saturday morning with his Dad. I did my tearful goodbye at the airport, sobbing as […]

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Filed Under: SAB year-round ballet program Tagged With: PPAS, Professional Performing Arts School, SAB, School of American Ballet

Two Days and Counting Until SAB Winter Term Lift Off

September 2, 2011 by Nina 3 Comments

Just a short post to say we made it home from NYC despite Hurricane Irene. Our flights got cancelled, and we had to fly out of Columbus, OH, or wait until Tuesday to fly home. No….Columbus is not close to NYC. It’s a 10-hour drive. We rented one of the last cars available out at […]

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Look Out, PPAS and SAB! Here Comes My Dancin’ Boy!

August 22, 2011 by Nina 2 Comments

When I posted last, Julian had been accepted into the School of American Ballet (SAB) for the winter term but had no room in the SAB dorm AND there was a possibility that the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS), the public school he would attend, had no room for him in the senior class. After […]

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Filed Under: SAB year-round ballet program Tagged With: American Ballet Theatre, Professional Performing Arts School, School of American Ballet, winter term

SAB Offer: A Mixed Blessing (or a Curse)

August 10, 2011 by Nina 6 Comments

Two and a half weeks left before we are supposed to head home to California. I have a book deadline to meet and a manuscript to edit for a client. All my time is being eaten up by apartment hunting (on line mostly since I can’t find anything affordable that we can all–Julian, my husband, […]

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Filed Under: SAB year-round ballet program Tagged With: Ballet, Professional Performing Arts School, School of American Ballet, year-round ballet programs

SAB Summer Intensive Ends with School Year Offer

August 2, 2011 by Nina 2 Comments

The SAB Summer Intensive is over. It feels like it just started, and I’m already in NY. Julian loved the SAB Summer Intensive, which ended on Saturday. I arrived in New York City on Wednesday night and at Lincoln Center and the Juilliard Dorm, which is also where all the studios are for SAB, the […]

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The 1st 2 Weeks at School of American Ballet’s Intensive

July 12, 2011 by Nina 2 Comments

First, let me apologize for my long silence. Life is still crazy in the Lacey/Amir household. Ron and Julian went off to the airport on Saturday morning the 25th of July. Julian took off for NYC and Ron for Germany. I took off for a workshop I had to teach for 30 people. I left […]

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Filed Under: boys dance classes, summer dance programs Tagged With: ABT, SAB, School of American Ballet, summer ballet intensive

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