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One Mom's Musings About Boys in the Dance World

Joey Dowling on Dance, Choreography & Transitions (Part 1)

December 13, 2010 by Nina 3 Comments

I had the pleasure of speaking to Joey Dowling last year when Julian attended the New York City Dance Alliance convention in San Jose. She told me some stories about her transition from dancer to businesswoman that I found quite interesting. Like Joey, as a young teen Julian spends all his time dancing. By the […]

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Filed Under: choreography, encouraging boys to dance, Interviews with Dancers, So Your Think You can Dance, Transition Out of Dance Tagged With: Encouraging boys to dance, Joey Dowling, technique, transitioning out of dance

Salim Gauwloos (Part 3): How to Succeed as a Dancer and a Choreographer

April 26, 2010 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

Maybe the fact that Salim Gauwloos appreciated Julian’s ballet technique was one of the reasons Julian enjoyed dancing with him in New York. Julian had just completed the six-week American Ballet Summer Intensive and had improved considerably during that time. Of course, he had a sound foundation in ballet after three years at Ballet San […]

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Filed Under: behavior in dance class, choreography, Dance Tips, Dancing in Hollywood, Dancing on Broadway, Interviews with Dancers, Salim Gauwloos Tagged With: Ballet, competion choreography, dance class, Salim Gauwloos, Slam, technique

How to Inspire Your Son to Dance

December 1, 2009 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

If you want to inspire your son to dance, take him to see other men dance. In particular, take him to see really great men dancing like real men. We drove two and a half hours on Friday night to see Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance perform in Santa Rosa, CA. We ‘ve been […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Doing "boy stuff", rasta thomas, technique Tagged With: Adrienne Canterna-Thomas, Bad Boys of Dance, Ballet, flexiblity, inspiration, Joyce Theatre, Kameron Bink, rasta thomas, role models, technique

Words of Wisdom from Julian's First Male Teacher and Mentor

August 20, 2009 by ninaamir 3 Comments

When Julian was quite young, his first male teacher provided a superb mentor. Now he offers words of wisdom to all boys who dance. And he encourages those boys starting late to work hard and catch up — just as he did.

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Filed Under: Interviews with Dancers, sexuality Tagged With: Anthony Foster, dancing in a masculine manner, male dance mentors, Moves Dance Studio, pre-professional dance companies, Soleunique, starting dance late, teasing, technique, tips for male dancers

Be Careful What You Ask For…

November 14, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

First, let me comment on the comment from last post concerning competition. This is a hot topic. Competitions have so much going for them, and so much going against them. I want to say one thing: They shouldn’t be about how many rhinestones are on the costume. They should be about technique and performance. Period. […]

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Filed Under: competitions, Doing "boy stuff" Tagged With: competitions, costumes, doing boy stuff in dance class, doing guy stuff, getting judged on costumes, jumps, Mark Foehringer, performance, Ramon Moreno, technique

Is Competition Good for Technique?

November 10, 2008 by ninaamir Leave a Comment

I’d like to write a short post based on a comment by Nichelle Strzepek at http://danceadvantage.net.   She read my last post on making boys dance slowly to learn the basics, and said the following: “I have found it particularly difficult to impress the importance of learning to do things correctly with competitive dancers (again, my […]

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