Having Choices
Dancers—and especially modern dancers—are among the lowest-paid professionals in the country. Early in my career, I was cast in a production of Cabaret at Darien Dinner Theatre, playing Bobby, dancing in the chorus and understudying the Emcee. We were doing Ron Fields’ original choreography and had a ten-week run, so I had been having a blast, as well as a nice respite from the rigors of the modern dance world. As the production was nearing its end, I was starting to think about where the paychecks would be coming from next and what I could do to both earn money and have the flexibility in my schedule to audition and rehearse—the usual artist’s dilemma. A friend of mine suggested that I meet with the temp agency that ...
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