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Super Bowl halftime show producers will stop asking professional dancers to work for free after
backlashAfter a considerable backlash from the dance community, the NFL will stop asking professional dancers to work for free as part of its upcoming Super Bowl halftime show.
SAG-AFTRA, the entertainment union that counts dancers among its members, announced in a statement Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with the halftime show producers for all professional dancers in the show to be compensated for their labor.
The statement also notes that Jay-Z's Roc Nation, which will executive produce the show, had already contracted 115 paid dancers for the stage show:
"SAG-AFTRA and the producers of the Super Bowl Halftime Show have met and had an open and frank discussion, and have agreed that no professional dancers will be asked to work for free as part of the halftime show. SAG-AFTRA will be advising our professional dancer members that they should not be rehearsing or working on the Super Bowl Halftime Show without compensation.
https://sports.yahoo.com/super-bowl-halftime-show-producers-nfl-work-free-backlash-052124514.html
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jan 2022
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SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)1. Gee, I Hope That Doesn't Cut Into Their MASSIVE Profits Too Much nt
Tetrachloride
(8,525 posts)2. Go for back pay
bahboo
(16,953 posts)3. good..this situation was outrageous....