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Agents who has one? Who needs one? Today more dancers than ever rely on agents to get auditions, guest appearances, and tours.

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When classically-trained Kim Craven showed up to audition for talent agency Kazarian/Spencer & Associates in Los Angeles, she had on the standard uniform of her profession: leotard, tights, and a French twist. Perfectly respectable, very Freed of London. N the end of the day, dance agent Victoria Morris approached her, saying, "You're talented and versatile, but you cannot come in dressed like that."

In the last 20 or so years, the services of an agent, once thought to be reserved for Hollywood actors and ballet megastars, have come to the rescue of Variety-scouring, audition-crashing, bad-outfit-wearing, out-of-work dancers. Today's performers are finding that whatever job they're looking for, whether it's a Cap commercial or a Janet Jackson tour, an Equity show or Nutcracker guesting, they can find an agent who will cater to their needs. The dance agent cares about your technique, cares about your "look," and cares about finding you a job--a dance job.

So who has a dance agent? According to Craven, now the dance supervisor of the national tour of Morin' Out and formerly with Pennsylvania Ballet, nearly everyone. "In musical theater, up until about five years ago," she...

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