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But he gamely executed his sly little shimmies: As a nondancer in a choreographer’s production, he did the opera world proud.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2014

Later in the same monologue she announces that she will show rehearsal images and read her artist statement, and then offers $2 for a nondancer to join her onstage.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2012