Ms. Menes said these performers were examples of how, as the company had grown, "we've been able to hire better and better dancers."

Just over a year ago he started free dance classes for local children, hiring talented dancers from Peliatan as teachers.

Ms. Graf views the question "Why don't companies hire black dancers?"

It wasn't a question of going out and hiring black classical dancers.

Yet, that does not mean that they always pick the same body types when they hire dancers.

She hires local erotic dancers for her shows, who perform on stage and around the audience.

This prompts Tracy to solve this problem by hiring new dancers.

I went in every morning for two or three hours, when my energy level was high, and I hired dancers by the hour.

The ten "lords-a-leaping" are valued by using the cost of hiring male ballet dancers instead of real lords.

"As you can imagine, there aren't a lot of places that hire dancers like me," Ms. Suitz said wryly.