31.   Nevertheless, the classically trained dancer has no intention of abandoning his roots.

32.   One can only recall that earlier Cunningham dancers had idiosyncrasies that would have contributed to the dancing.

33.   One dancer has a gag about trying to make a costume out of two sunflowers and a Davy Crockett hat.

34.   Rather than part with them when they were worn and frayed, the dancer would have his dresser glue and stitch them together.

35.   Sometimes the floor is so crowded, dancers barely have room to move.

36.   State Opera dancers had to attend classes in political ideology.

37.   Such dancers also have memories to offer.

38.   That essence in the studio is something the dancers have a direct link to.

39.   The dancers also have to be quick studies.

40.   The dancers had to grow up quickly during the strike, Eddie J. Shellman, a longtime principal dancer with the company, said of his newer colleagues.