1.   A small group of black dancers picketed the theater for two days, carrying placards and occasionally shouting slogans.

2.   Alvin had always made it plain that his company existed in large part to provide work for black dancers.

3.   Black dancers fared even worse in classical ballet.

4.   But for black dancers and choreographers, this was a time to push ahead.

5.   He found it hard at first to believe that black dancers were as welcome as they seemed.

6.   In the total absence of black dancers, Covent Garden lags behind other ballet companies in the West.

7.   Most knew each other as part of the small but growing group of black professional dancers in New York.

8.   She understood, however, that Alvin was committed to providing work for black dancers.

9.   They are living evidence of the past lack of opportunity for black classical dancers in this country.

10.   And if you went around the country today you would find hundreds of thousands of dancers, black dancers, with the small heads, thin bodies and turnout.