Contract 2007-2011 - American Guild of Musical Artists

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(f) The Employer shall have listed in the program distributed to theaudience, or have announced to the audience, the names of all Artists who appear inprincipal or solo roles. Where changes of Dancers who appear in principal or solo rolesoccur in a performance, an announcement of the change shall be made to the audienceby one to two methods (the method employed to be the choice of the Employer). Anannouncement of the change will be made from the stage or by a slip inserted in theprogram. Where changes occur and the Employer fails to announce the change of castto the audience, the Employer will pay to the replacement Artists the sum of FiftyDollars ($50.00). Under no circumstances will the provisions of this paragraph bewaived by AGMA or the Artist. The Employer and the Advisory Committee, acting onbehalf of the Dancers, will determine which roles are considered announceable if a castchange occurs.In the casting list of the company program, and in ads and publicity, all Artistswill be listed exclusively under only one (1) of four (4) categories, i.e., “Principals,Soloists, Corps or Apprentices.” Listing in each category will be alphabetical and inidentical size type with no boxes, stars, asterisks or other individualized billing.(g) The sign-in sheet must be posted two (2) hours before half-hour call.Once an Artist has signed in, he/she must not leave the theater.(h) In the event of a cast change, the Employer must notify each Artistaffected not later than two (2) days prior to performance, except in case of emergency,in which event the Employer must notify each Artist immediately.(i) All Principal Dancers shall be entitled to a schedule to be delivered inwriting to each such Principal Dancer on the earlier of:(1) the first day of any period of rehearsal in preparation for anyperiod of performances, orperformances.(2) fourteen (14) days prior to the first performance of any period of(j) Such written schedule shall set forth each performance assigned to thePrincipal Dancer for each Performance Week for a period not to exceed four (4)Performance Weeks following such first performance of a period of performances.(k) For a period of performances in excess of four (4) weeks, a schedulesetting forth the relevant performance shall be delivered in writing to all PrincipalDancers at least twenty-eight (28) days prior to the first performance of the fifth suchweek of performances and for each successive week of performances.(l) If an understudy call is made, all understudies for the ballet shall bepermitted to attend the rehearsal regardless of overtime or penalty, provided suchunderstudy is not already scheduled for a rehearsal of another ballet at the same time.Each understudy shall receive one (1) hour rehearsal or the completion of the Runthrough,whichever is longer.4847-3313-3571.10 28
(m) Each Dancer performing a Principal role in a full-length ballet at theMet shall receive two complimentary tickets for each performance in which he or sheappears in such role. Each Dancer performing a Principal role in a ballet at City Centershall receive two complimentary tickets for each performance in which he or sheappears in such role, up to a maximum of twenty (20) tickets per performance for theCompany.30.GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT(a) The Employer guarantees the Artist not less than thirty-six (36) weeksof employment in each contract year, of which not less than nine (9) weeks will beRehearsal Weeks, provided that this provision may be waived by AGMA.(b) While the parties subscribe to a goal of season consisting of weeks ofemployment for the company as a whole, nevertheless, up to, BUT no more than five (5)weeks of the thirty-six (36) week guarantee may be satisfied by providing separate anddifferent weeks of employment consisting of performance, rehearsal, workshop, tours,educational outreach or similar activities to individual Artists.With respect to educational outreach or activities similar thereto, theparties will mutually determine the appropriate terms and conditions of the contract.(c) The Employer need not commence work for all Dancers at the sametime so long as the employment weeks set forth above are honored. In suchcircumstances, the Employer shall be permitted to call less than the full company forrehearsal in non-Performance Weeks.(d) Guarantee-Employment Outside the United States – AGMA agrees thatany weeks of engagements outside the United States and Canada may be appliedtowards the applicable employment guarantee, provided AGMA and the Employer agreeon the terms of such employment.31.TRANSPORTATION(a)General Provision(1) The Employer shall submit to AGMA a copy of the proposeditinerary of any tour, and in addition, shall submit in writing to AGMA a statementconcerning the proposed method of transportation to be used during the tour. Bothsuch reports shall be submitted at least thirty (30) days preceding the first day of anytour.(2) Whenever any Artist shall work for the Employer outside theCity of Origination, the Employer shall provide and pay for the transportation of suchArtist from the City of Origination to such point or points outside and the Artist’s returntransportation to the City of Origination.(3) The Employer also agrees to pay for all transportation chargeswhich may be incurred by the Artists during the course of a trip, such as taxi faresbetween terminals, etc.4847-3313-3571.10 29
Page 3 and 4: (c) Artists shall be offered employ
Page 5 and 6: (e) The Employer agrees to discuss
Page 7 and 8: (2) During Performance Weeks in the
Page 9 and 10: (o) Penalty Rate - The term “Pena
Page 11 and 12: casting.(3) The Employer shall prov
Page 13 and 14: (3) Extraordinary Risk - The term
Page 15 and 16: compensated at (1/2) of the hourly
Page 17 and 18: which includes per diem, foreign pe
Page 19 and 20: hour period, he shall be paid at th
Page 21 and 22: (d) If the Artist shall be required
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Page 25 and 26: egin three (3) weeks prior to the f
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Page 31 and 32: one-half (1/2) hour after all curta
Page 33 and 34: shall be compensated for such trave
Page 35 and 36: (19) The Employer will file with AG
Page 37 and 38: the first contract plus one (1) pai
Page 39 and 40: Each Artist on a contractual guaran
Page 41 and 42: (b) Upon request of AGMA, the Emplo
Page 43 and 44: (j) It is understood that the Emplo
Page 45 and 46: (c) Study Films. The Employer may c
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