Ballet Summer Intensives

by David on March 9, 2010

Summer Dance Programs

Summer is coming! Have you decided what type of training you will be doing? Summertime is a great time to take advantage of all the different summer dance intensive programs that go on. As a guy, you have a lot more opportunities than you would expect.How

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Ballet For Men shirts at Dance Retailer News Expo

March 8, 2010
Ballet T Shirts for boys

If you happen to be in Las Vegas this Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday and are at the Dance Retailer News Expo, you can stop by and see BalletForMen.com shirts as well as the other HD Wear shirts. They are on display at the Fuzi Dancewear booth!

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Ken and Josie Interview – BfM Podcast 7

February 28, 2010
Ballet Podcast

I got a chance to sit down and interview Ken and Josie. They are husband and wife. They both danced professionally and currently co-direct a pre-professional company and ballet studio. Ken discussed how it was for him growing up in ballet. They both talked about studying ballet in college, and talked about what they think about male dancers from an artistic director’s perspective.

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Abraham Lincoln’s Life Told Through Dance – Bill T. Jones

February 23, 2010

Check out this video on Bill Moyers Journal. It is an interview with American choreographer Bill T. Jones about “Fondly Do We Hope, Fervently Do We Pray.” It contains footage of the dance, which is amazing…

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BALLET FOR MEN Shirts are Finally Available!

February 17, 2010
Men's Ballet Tee

Here they are! These have been in the works for a while, and there is a limited number currently available.
Both men’s and girl’s shirts are available. They are printed on American Apparel, so they’re extremely comfortable.

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En l’Air – Another great Men’s ballet resource

February 12, 2010

Go check out this great new blog with lots of features. It is called En l’Air. It provides some really great posts about current events in men’s dance…

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Be a Better Dancer – Part I

February 10, 2010

I’m working on an essay (just for fun) about becoming a better dancer. It gets very philosophical, but also has some grounding in developmental theory. It is becoming quite dense, so rather than post the whole thing, I’m going to include parts of it as I work on it.

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Mick Gunter Interview – BfM Podcast 6

February 10, 2010
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This was a really fun podcast to record. Katherine and I interviewed Mick Gunter, who has been dancing locally for 12 years, started a dance studio with his wife, and provides a highly successful boys class…

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Awesome New Dance T-Shirts!

February 8, 2010
Shirts for Dancers

Katherine and I have started a Dance T-Shirt Company!

It is called HD Wear.

We were sick of not having any really cool dance shirts other than cast shirts. So we decided to make some! Of course we not only made a girl’s shirt, we had to make a men’s shirt!

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Interview with Henrik Lamark on 4dancers.org

February 8, 2010

I just wanted to let everyone know that on 4dancers.org’s great “10 Questions With…” feature, there is an interview with professional dancer Henrik Lamark…

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