Where are the Dancers Reply (3)
Editors Letters || Thursday, 17 August, 2006
I completely agree with this article there is real culture of silence about important issues. Such as working conditions, auditions etc... I think there is a fear of making yourself unemployable if you speak out.
As a young dancer in college you are taught to put up with a certain amount of unfair and off hand treatment. I have friends who are singers and musicians and there is NO way that they would put up with the working conditions and treatment that dancers put up with.
I don't know how you can change this code of silence when jobs are so few and far between and dancers feel completely dispensible. I have, and have heard, many stories of unfair treatment etc., but would feel incredibly uncomfortable sharing them under my real name on a website like this.
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