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 […]
My Dancin’ Boy Tests His 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 […]
Attending the School of American Ballet 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 […]
My Long Trip to See a 3-Minute Dance Performance
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 […]
Dealing with Dancin’ Boys from a Distance
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 […]
Bye, Bye Dancin’ Boy
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 […]
Two Days and Counting Until SAB Winter Term Lift Off
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 […]
Look Out, PPAS and SAB! Here Comes My Dancin’ Boy!
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 […]
SAB Offer: A Mixed Blessing (or a Curse)
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, […]
SAB Summer Intensive Ends with School Year Offer
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 […]
The 1st 2 Weeks at School of American Ballet’s Intensive
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 […]