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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

Conventions and Sore Ankles

February 16, 2009 by ninaamir 6 Comments

This past weekend Julian and the rest of the Teen Dance Company dancers went to the Nuvo dance convention. Julian had a blast hanging with his buddies from TDC and seeing some old friends from other studios. He also saw some friends from school or from the Nutcracker performance he was in last December.  Additionally, […]

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Filed Under: Attitude, conventions, foot problems, So Your Think You can Dance Tagged With: conventions, dance competitions, dance injury, dancers with big egos, dancers with big heads, Nuvo, So You Think You Can Dance, Travis Wall

When Rumors Fly about Billy Elliot…and A Little News On Nick Lazzarini

December 23, 2008 by ninaamir 1 Comment

Oh, my! I seem to have created quite a stir with my last post. I’ve had an influx of readers since I speculated on who might be the one leaving Billy Elliot, the Musical, which recently opened on Broadway.  I admitted I was getting my information from Movmnt Magazine, and in the comments to my […]

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Filed Under: grades, So Your Think You can Dance Tagged With: alternative schooling options for dancers, Billy Elliot, home schooling for dancers, Nick Lazzarini, So You Think You Can Dance, Who's leaving Billy Elliot?

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