 Although James Mitchell (I) (qv) and Bambi Linn (qv) danced the  parts of Curly and Laury in the Dream Ballet, Rod Steiger (qv) did  his own dancing in that sequence because there was no one who looked  enough like him from the back. Despite his initial uncertainties,  and after considerable coaching from choreographer  Agnes de Mille (qv), Steiger actually did a credible job, later  calling it one of the biggest challenges he ever had.