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Interview with Duncan Cooper (Part 4): The Issues and Difficulties Faced by Male Dancers (How to Make Choreography Your Own)

May 20, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Last, but definitely not least, here’s part four to my interview with Duncan Cooper. If you don’t remember who Duncan is, please go back to this post to read the brief bio I offered in the part one. Working on Flexibility and Weaknesses Continuing my conversation with Duncan,  I wanted to know if he often saw the […]

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Filed Under: auditions, choreography, conventions, Duncan Cooper, Interviews with Dancers, Partnering Tagged With: advice to male dancers, auditions, being unique, convention choreography, dance as art, dance conventions, Duncan Cooper, flexibility issues, how to be a good dance partner, making choreography your own, male dancer's psychological issues, New York City Dance Alliance, Partnering, stretching

Does Your Son Tap? Keep His Feet Healthy!

April 22, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

I recently wrote an article for Dance Teacher magazine on how to keep tappers’ feet healthy. Previously, I wrote an article for them on how to keep dancers’ feet healthy, but tappers are a bit unique; they use their feet in more ways than most dancers, and their feet take a lot more pounding as […]

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Filed Under: Dance Exercises and Stretches, dance injuries, foot problems, tap Tagged With: avoiding injury in tap dancers, creating a cushion on tappers feet, doming, healthy dancers feet, healthy feet, impact on feet during tap, stretching, tap

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