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| George Balanchine Brought Serious Ballet to the US (2004) (Doc) |
| Confessions of a Boy Dancer by Rhee Gold (November 2001) |
| Baryshnikov Packs Up His Memories in Boxes (10-05-11) |
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| Ballet For Boys |
| Attracting Boys to Ballet is Still a Challenge (11-29-09) |
| Boys don’t dance … or do they? (12-11-10) |
| Boys at the Barre, Examining the Psychological Issues of Adolesent Male Dancers (2004) (Doc) |
| Boys’ Ballet Class Stresses Athletics (2-27-94) (Doc) |
| Is The Joffrey Right for Your Son? How to Choose a Style and Company |
Let’s Hear It For the Boys – Boys’ Ballet Class Lets Boys Be Boys While
Building Strength and Flexibility (9-08-06) (Doc) |
| Studying Male Ballet Roles Helps Boys Become Better Ballet Dancers |
| Jefferson Baum, John Grensback and José Mateo on Teaching Boys |
| Why boys should dance (9-14-11) |
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| Useful Tags |
| Ballet for Athletes |
| Ballet is Attracting More Boys |
| Boy Dancers are Gaining Credibility |
| Boys-Only Ballet Class |
| From Student to Star |
| Russian American Foundation |
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| Training |
| ABT: The ideal male dance partner (6-09-08) |
| Ballet Training for Athletes (Doc) |
| Building Strength (8-31-11) |
| Dancer Keeps in Shape With Leaps and Bounds (2006) (Doc) |
| Dance Nutrition (PDF File) |
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| Men at Work: Dance Training and Strengthening Upper Body (June 2009) (PDF) |
| Stretching Before Class(Doc) |
| The Boy Ballet Dancer featuring Finis Jhung and Joseph Harringon |
| The Importance of Water to the Dancer(Doc) |
| The Warm-Up Before Class(Doc) |
| Young dancers learn to build their bone health (2007) (Doc) |
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| Physiology |
| Physiological Challenges of the Adolescent Dancer (PDF) |
| Puberty and the Growth Spurt in Dancers (Doc) |
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| Videos (Additional videos may be found here.) |
| Bolshoi Ballet Academy 7th Grade Character Dance Exam (video) |
| Bolshoi Ballet Academy Year 6 Pas de Deux Class (video) |
| Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev (videos) |
| L’ecole de ballet, Opera de Paris(3) |
| The Boy Ballet Dancer featuring Finis Jhung and Joseph Harringon |
| The Perm Ballet School |
| Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet Exams (Videos) |
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| How to Attract More Boys to Your School |
| Barre None (5-01-07) (Doc) |
| Calling All Boys (March 2006) |
| Dance for Sports – Fancy Footwork Off the Field (1987) (Doc) |
| Encouraging Boys to Dance (4-26-08) |
| Getting Boys to Dance (04-17-11) |
| Helping Boys Make The Leap to Ballet (6-22-07) (Doc) |
| How Teachers Might Attract More Boys(Doc) |
| How to Bring More Boys Into Your Dance Class(Doc) |
| Huge Rise in Boys Taking Dance (UK, 03-14-09) |
| Introducing New Generations to Ballet (SAB 2002) (PDF) |
| Where the Boys Are (SAB 2002) (PDF File) |
| Where the Boys Aren’t (3-08-04) (Doc) |
| Where the boys are: Francois Perron talks about getting boys into dance class and keeping them there (July 2010) |
| Tuition Subsidies Help Draw Boys (10-27-05) (Doc) |
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| Interviews |
| Aaron Robison Follows in Nureyev’s Dance Steps (12-04-09) |
| All the World’s a Stage (Sergei Polunin) (10_29-10) |
| ‘Bad boy’ becomes global sensation (Rasta Thomas) (11-9-08) |
| Billy Elliott of the shearing shed (Luke Ingham) (2-22-09) |
| Dancing the silver dream (Australian Ballet’s Kevin Jackson) (03-04-10) |
| David Hallberg leaps from ABT to the Bolshoi (11-03-11) |
| The Golden Guys of NYCB (September 2011) |
| How to get my job: ballet dancer (Kevin Gaël Thomas) (12-9-10) |
| In Depth – National Ballet’s Rex Harrington (2003) (Doc) |
| Interview with Darren Christian McIntyre (2009) |
| Interview with Robert Parker, Principal, Birmingham Royal Ballet (2010) |
| Interview with Stephane Bullion, Paris Opera Ballet (2009) |
| Interview with Steven Heathcote, Australian Ballet (2004) (Doc) |
| Interview With Jacques d’Amboise(Doc) |
| An interview with Luis Javier Fuentes (12-27-10) |
| An Interview with SFB Principal Dancer Tiit Helimets (4-20-11) |
| Life in the fast lane: Steven McRae (10-21-09) |
| The Dancer is Young, the Soul is Old (Tyler Angle) (1-23-09) |
| The Flier – NYCB’s Daniel Ulbricht (June 2008) |
| What dreams are made of – NBT’s Jonathan Ollivie (2004) (Doc) |
| Young Professional: An interview with Dylan Smith (12-30-11) |
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| Schools |
| A look into Russian ballet’s education powerhouse (10-12-10) |
| Applying for Early Admission at SAB (9-17-06) (Doc) |
| Ballet Boys, Danish Style (1-11-04) (Doc) |
| Ballet not just for girls at Tampa program (Patel Conservatory) (02-10-11) |
| Boston Ballet’s community outreach program, CityDance, gives a talented male athlete a life in the arts (12-14-10) |
| How to Choose a Ballet School for Your Son (2009) |
| Inside The Vaganova Academy (April 2010) |
| Orlando Ballet School – The Place for Young Male Dancers (12-09-07) (Doc) |
| Orlando Ballet School Attracts Young Male Dancers (12-09-07) (Doc) |
| Peabody Dance |
| Petit Rats de l’Opera (1-21-09) |
| Russian Bar Remains High (8-14-05) (Doc) |
| Strictly Come Ballet Dancing (Royal Ballet School) (July 2009) |
| Student life at the renown Vaganova Ballet Academy (8-10-08) |
| The French Have a School For It (12-12-04) (Doc) |
| The Royal Danish Theatre Ballet School (5-04) (Doc) |
| Your Son’s Dance Education (Duncan Cooper, 2009) |
| Walker steps up in ballet at the National Ballet School (10-28-09) |
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| Summer Intensives |
| Five Weeks of Ballet Lessons, the Bolshoi Way (7-27-08) (Doc) |
| How to Prepare for a Summer Intensive (Rasta Thomas, 2009) |
| U.S. Dance Students Back from Bolshoi with New Insights on Russia |
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| Reviews |
| Lords of Dance (Orlando Ballet 3-10-04) (Doc) |
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