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Men at work: new trends in training male dancers.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Men at work: new trends in training male dancers.(teach-learn connection)

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Balanchine said "Ballet is woman," but that opinion hasn't deterred men from pursuing their passion for dance training. Dance programs at the preprofessional and university levels have ramped up their curricula in response to current expectations for greater male prowess. Male students are hungry for training that meets their needs, so what are some new solutions for their development?

At schools across the country, men are benefiting from their own separate technique classes, as teachers tailor these courses to the current generation of students. In all-male settings, men can focus on technical skills that often get overlooked in co-ed classes, like beats, turns, double tour en l'air, or advanced steps like revoltades and barrel turns. "Just throwing in an entrechat six combination or a la seconde turns at the end of a class without really teaching them is not development," says Ethan Stiefel,...

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