Where are the Dancers Reply (2)
Editors Letters || Thursday, 17 August, 2006
Thank you for this article, I have often felt in this profession that you have to either shut up or walk. I'm tired of it, and to be honest when I do speak my mind to whoever I'm working with, whether it be about money, schedules or working conditions, it has always helped.
To to be open and honest about it, and discuss options and whether there are any available, and if it has lost me a job...then it really wasn't the right job for me in the first place. I really feel that some fo my contemporaries will put up with hell, knowing that there are at least 20 other dancers out there wanting to take their place, but would we put up with as much working in any other profession?
I have walked out of offices, where my health and safety were at risk, but less at risk than dancing in some of my project work. But somehow it makes it alright to loose a little of my self respect, because it's my "Passion". I think it is time to step up and make ourselves counted, not just as dancers but as the people underneath as well, I am more than just a line in space !
Kathleen Doherty
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