1.   Each dancer had to assume the actions of a different animal.

2.   The African dancers have a powerful stage presence.

3.   The dancers had elaborate costumes with long embroidered skirts.

4.   Then Frulein Aschmann and the other soloists arrive and the dancers have to leave.

5.   Already, the company said, one dancer has come forward seeking help for an eating disorder.

6.   As much as any seminarian, dancers have a special calling, an intense dedication.

7.   Baryshnikov sought to rein him in, but it was impossible to harness an ambitious young dancer whose technical skill gave him a freedom that few dancers have.

8.   Ballet Theater dancers have had a long history of dealing directly with management, Ms. Rosecrans said.

9.   Beneath the glamour and sometimes garish glitz, ballroom dance championships mean serious competition, and the dancers have the focus and drive of athletes.

10.   Both dancers had limitations.