More than 75 percent of its students enter the professional dance world.
It's known as outreach, and nearly everybody in the dance world does it.
We also knew he had standing in the dance world.
But the dance world itself is a kind of family.
The entire dance world struggles for money, and many companies often live on the edge.
The dance world, in fact, was the first to give him major exposure.
"In the dance world, it's been so hard for the black woman," she said.
"And it's a bigger one than we tend to remember in our dance world."
"Those stereotypes are very much alive inside the dance world."
Those words are anathema to many in the dance world.