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  1. I personally know writers who suffered to make ends meet during the WGA strike. My point about the difference with AGMA and some of the other unions was more about how the entire membership of AGMA doesn’t stop working when one company is having a contract dispute. I would like to think that shutting down an entire industry results in quicker contract resolutions, but they can drag out for quite a while even in those circumstances.
  2. I was wondering the same and assumed they are just working and being paid under the terms of the old contract. I guess it isn’t shocking that they aren’t striking because they probably can’t afford to. The AGMA situation seems unique compared to other unions because each company has different terms so the entire community of AGMA dancers doesn’t strike to support dancers at an individual company and there doesn’t seem to be a fund to support dancers if they want to strike.
  3. I check AGMA’s website periodically and they still haven’t posted about a new agreement. It’s possible that there is one, but usually they post updates. The dancers remaining quiet about the situation seems unusual.
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    Sarah Lane

    Especially since it is a student show with guest stars in the lead roles.
  5. According to Pointe Magazine: American Ballet Theatre principals Gillian Murphy and Aran Bell will appear in Jerome Robbins' Other Dances during NYCB's 2024 spring season.
  6. How much longer is the commitment at Segerstrom? I can’t imagine bringing the sets back and forth between New York and California. It used to be a full house every year in California but I confess I’ve skipped it the last couple of years.
  7. I’m not sure if this is the correct place to post this: For the space of one evening, the “Gala des Écoles de danse du XXIe siècle” will allow students from several international institutions to perform on the Palais Garnier stage. On this occasion, the Paris Opera Ballet School is inviting: The Canada’s National Ballet School / L’École nationale de ballet du Canada (Toronto), The Dutch National Ballet Academy (Amsterdam), La Fondazione Accademia Teatro alla Scala (Milan), The School of the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier (Hamburg), The San Francisco Ballet School, The Royal Ballet School (London), The Royal Danish Ballet School (Copenhagen). https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-23-24/ballet/gala-des-ecole-de-danse The event sold out immediately, probably due to presale to subscription members. What an incredible opportunity for the students.
  8. Dutch National Ballet is performing Raymonda Dec. 9 - Jan. 1 if anyone is going to be in Amsterdam.
  9. I’ve seen a lot of taller dancers with shallow pliés/tight achilles. I think it’s often a physiological thing with longer limbs.
  10. Casting has been posted. No Misty. Teuscher/Ahn, Seo/Camargo, Hurlin/Bell, Brandt/Cornejo, Shevchenko/Forster, Boylston/Whiteside, Trenary/Royal, Park/Stearns. The only combo doing 2 shows is Seo, Teuscher, Hurlin and Brandt.
  11. Minimum wage jobs tend not to require extensive experience. Professional ballet requires nearly a lifetime of training.
  12. Daniil Simkin is dancing at the Dutch National Ballet gala on June 28th, so that’s a few days of the Met season when he won’t be available.
  13. So many people in what are essentially finance and fundraising positions getting paid a decent wage despite clearly not being good enough at their jobs to bring in enough funding to pay the dancers a living wage.
  14. Just a quick note on the flooring…it isn’t just vinyl marley, there is also a structure underneath of some kind of sprung flooring. So while ABT and NYCB both use flooring from Harlequin Floors, they may not use the same subfloor. (I learned way too much about this while fashioning a home studio for my kid during Covid lock-downs).
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