Contract 2012-2015 - American Guild of Musical Artists

and to AGMA one (1) month prior to the completion of the initial employment set forth in the
Standard Artist’s Contract for Employment. There will be a 3-month notice to the Artist of the
possibility of the option.
6. All Artists employed shall be notified in writing of reengagement or nonreengagement.
Said notification will be delivered to the Artist in person, not later than ninety
(90) days prior to the end of the contract. The contract offer will be considered to be withdrawn
unless the Artist has accepted the contract, in writing, within four (4) weeks after date of offer.
Employer will be available for individual Artist/ Employer discussions during the first
employment week after contracts have been offered to Artists.
7. All Solo Singers, Narrators and Chorus Singers must be employed upon
AGMA employment contracts at not less than the prevailing applicable AGMA wage rates in the
geographic area where the performances are presented.
B. EVALUATION
1. Artistic evaluation shall be conducted by the Artistic Director and/or the
Associate Artistic Director and scheduled for every Artist at least once prior to January 15th.
Written documentation of this evaluation and will be given to the Artist upon request. As the
evaluation is intended to provide guidance as well as to describe the results of the Artist’s efforts
to date, the observations and evaluative comments should be as clear and precise as reasonably
possible, given the subjective nature of the evaluation process. These evaluations are intended to
be instructive in nature, and progressively corrective, if appropriate. If, in the event the
Employer is contemplating non-reengagement at the time of the evaluation, the Artist will be so
informed and, if appropriate, apprised of that which is necessary to result in reengagement.
During each evaluation the Artist may request the presence of the AGMA Delegate or union
representative.
C. REENGAGEMENT
The Employer will furnish AGMA with a list of those weekly Artists whose
contracts expire at the end of the then current season and whom the Employer does not plan to
re-engage for the following season or tour. Upon request the Employer will furnish AGMA with
a record of the evaluation of any such Artist.
D. ARTISTS RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
1. Dancers shall not have the right to refuse to appear in any dancing role as
assigned by the Artistic Director except when physically threatening and accompanied by
medical documentation or morally unacceptable to the Artist (e.g. nudity). Artist must first
discuss this issue with the Artistic Director before submitting a formal request.
2. AGMA agrees that all Artists have the obligation to fulfill his/her
Standard Artist’s Contract for Employment. AGMA acknowledges that Employer has the right
to pursue all disciplinary avenues available to the Employer in instances in which an Artist
willfully chooses to default on the Standard Artist’s Contract for Employment. These avenues
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