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What I Learned from the ABT Summer Intensive Experience2 comments

ninaamir wrote 3 months ago: Since I haven’t had a moment to even think about transcribing the tape of my interview with De … more →

Tags: boys dance classes, Partnering, summer dance programs, summer ballet intensives, should I send my son to a summer ballet intensive, should I chaperone my son

ABT Summer Intensive Ends with Awesome Performance2 comments

ninaamir wrote 4 months ago: The six weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s summer intensive ended with a bang! The final perfo … more →

Tags: Ballet, Performance, summer dance programs, Final performance, home-schooling, male dancers, ostracized, performing arts schools, summer dance program

Three Days and Counting Until the End of the ABT Summer Intensive

ninaamir wrote 4 months ago: The American Ballet Theatre summer intensive is winding to a close. The kids are rehearsing their nu … more →

Tags: foot problems, dance injuries, summer dance programs, Tap, Final performance, dancing in New York City, New York City dance studios

Week 5 of ABT Summer Intensive: Winding Down

ninaamir wrote 5 months ago: OMG! We have less than a week and a half less until the American Ballet  Theatre’s summer inte … more →

Tags: Rasta Thomas, summer dance programs, Tap, Denise Wall, NYCDA, Danny Tidwell, Jamie Goodwin, jason samuels smith, West Side Story

Two weeks down, four to go...2 comments

ninaamir wrote 5 months ago: Julian is sad that the weeks are flying by. He’s completed two weeks already and has just four … more →

Tags: foot problems, dance injuries, recovery from dance injury, Illness, summer dance programs, dancing in humid climates, summer dance intensives, pronation, injuries due to pronation

ABT Summer Intensive Takes Its Toll on My Boy

ninaamir wrote 5 months ago: Okay, well, I guess the New York Times article I read about the boy who went to the American Ballet … more →

Tags: foot problems, dance injuries, Illness, summer dance programs, Billy Elliot, David Álvarez, upset stomach, Heat Stroke, In the Heights

How to Prepare for a Summer Ballet Intensive: Rasta Thomas Offers Advice (Part 1)2 comments

ninaamir wrote 6 months ago: At long, long last, I have some really superb advice for all the boys attending summer ballet intens … more →

Tags: Dance Exercises and Stretches, Interviews with Dancers, Partnering, Rasta Thomas, summer dance programs, American Ballet Theatre, dance exercises, San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive, summer ballet intensives

Coming Soon! Rasta Thomas on How Boys Can Prepare for Summer Ballet Intensives

ninaamir wrote 6 months ago: Yes…after much ado and a lot of requests, today Rasta Thomas called me and gave me a 30-minute … more →

Tags: Rasta Thomas, summer dance programs, Dance Exercises and Stretches, summer intensivse, getting in shape for a summer ballet intensive, Bad Boys of Dance

Tips from Finis Jhung for Boys Attending Summer Ballet Intensives

ninaamir wrote 6 months ago: I’m still trying to get a really great post from someone on how to get in shape for a summer b … more →

Tags: summer dance programs, Dance Exercises and Stretches, dance tips, Finis Jhung, summer ballet intensives, getting in shape for ballet intensives, tips on how to prepare for summer dance intensive

And the Dance Season Comes to an End

ninaamir wrote 6 months ago: I dropped Julian off for dance today and stopped for a moment to look into the studio. What a small … more →

Tags: Grades, summer dance programs, A=b+T, American Ballet Theatre, Billy Elliot, David Álvarez, end of dance season, open dance classes, Teen Dance Company Studio 10

Meeting Debbie Allen and Experiences at DADA2 comments

ninaamir wrote 8 months ago: We took off for LA on Tuesday morning, skipping dance on Tuesday (and a Passover seder on both the f … more →

Tags: dance studios, boys dance classes, dance attire, summer dance programs, College dance programs, Debbie Allen, debbie allen dance academy, dancing with boys, flexibility

ABT Summer Ballet Intensive: What's a Boy to Do?2 comments

ninaamir wrote 10 months ago: We thought Julian had his summer all planned out: Back to Jewish camp for four weeks, something he h … more →

Tags: Auditions, Ballet, dance scholarships, summer dance programs, A=b+T, bootie shorts, boys classes, choices male dancers make, Summer Camp


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