Contract 2007-2011 - American Guild of Musical Artists

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9.CHOREOGRAPHER’S CONTRACTSChoreographers shall be compensated for their work as Choreographers inaddition to any and all compensation which may be due them hereunder for their workas Dancers, Stage Directors, Stage Managers, or their assistants. The Employer shallmake a written agreement with such Choreographers containing the terms andconditions upon which the Choreographer agrees to compose choreography and theEmployer agrees to engage the Choreographer to compose choreography and tocompensate him therefore not less than the following:(a) For a ballet choreographed by a new Choreographer choreographinghis/her first ballet for the Employer, (a new Choreographer shall be defined as an Artistwho has not had a ballet produced for regular performance by a professional dancecompany):Fee - $736.00; Royalties - $31.00 per performance.(b) For a minor ballet (defined as a ballet of not more than fifteen (15)minutes duration and employing not more than four (4) Dancers):Fee - $1043.000; Royalties $49.00 per performance.(c)For all other ballets;Fee - $1472.50; Royalties $61.32 per performance.A copy of the contract of any Choreographer covered by this Agreement shall befiled with AGMA upon request.10.SCHOLARSHIP APPRENTICE DANCERSAGMA agrees that the Employer may engage not more than six (6) ApprenticeDancers to appear with the Company under the following terms and conditions.(a) Apprentice Dancers are defined as Dancers under age twenty-two (22)who have not had twenty (20) weeks or more of experience under an AGMA contract.(b) Apprentice Dancers may appear with the Company during a given sixty(60) week period not to exceed twenty-one (21) weeks. After appearance with theCompany for twenty-one (21) weeks within a sixty (60) week period or sixty (60) weeksfrom first appearance, whichever occurs sooner, Apprentice Dancers must becomeregular members of the Company and to be paid no less than the minimum for first yearCorps Dancers, or be discontinued as Apprentice Dancers.(c) Apprentice Dancers shall be listed on the company roster and shall belisted in the program on those occasions where they appear in performance with thecompany.(d) The Employer agrees that the appearance of the Apprentice Dancerswill not reduce the normal strength of the Corps de Ballet.4847-3313-3571.10 4
(e) The Employer agrees to discuss with AGMA, the validity of any allegedabuses under this paragraph.(f) Salary: Apprentice Dancers shall be paid four-fifths (4/5 ths ) of thesalary for first year Corps Dancers. For the term of this Agreement those weekly ratesare:07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11680.694. 707. 726.(g) In the event an Apprentice is cast in the first cast of any ballet, otherthan a full-length ballet, the Apprentice shall be compensated for the entireperformance week at the first year corps rate.11.CONTRIBUTION TO EMPLOYER PROHIBITED(a) No officer, director, employee or agent of the Employer and no personwho occupies the relationship of independent contractor to the Employer shall act asmanager, agent or personal representative of any member of AGMA or receive directlyor indirectly, any compensation or remuneration of any kind or nature whatsoever fromany member of AGMA. The Employer shall be responsible for enforcing compliancewith the preceding sentence. Within ten (10) days after notice is given by AGMA to theEmployer of any violation of this paragraph, the Employer shall correct such violation.If the Employer shall fail to correct such violation within such time, then the Employershall be deemed to have committed a material and substantial breach of this contract.(b) The Employer agrees that no AGMA member will be solicited orrequired to make any payments or contributions of any kind or nature whatsoever or tohave such payments or contributions made by any other person, firm or corporation toor for the benefit of the Employer, or anyone else, in order to acquire or continueemployment by the Employer or as a condition of acquiring such employment or anypreferment in such employment, and the Employer agrees that it will not accept orreceive any such payments, or conditions.12.PAYMENT OF SALARIESSubject to any special arrangement that may be agreed upon between AGMA andthe Employer, the Employer agrees that all Artists, except Artists engaged for a singleperformance, shall be paid by the seventh day of each week, commencing with theseventh day of the first week in which the Employer rehearses or presents anyperformances. Artists who are engaged for a single performance shall be paidimmediately preceding the commencement of each individual performance for whichthey have been engaged. All overtime payments, penalty payments, over mileagepayments, or any other payments which arise separate and apart from the weeklyminimum salaries, shall be paid by the Employer to the Artist no later than two (2)weeks following the week the liability arises.4847-3313-3571.10 5
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Page 11 and 12: casting.(3) The Employer shall prov
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Page 15 and 16: compensated at (1/2) of the hourly
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Page 31 and 32: one-half (1/2) hour after all curta
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Page 45 and 46: (c) Study Films. The Employer may c
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Page 51 and 52: AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTSBy
Page 53 and 54: AGMA and the EMPLOYER.4847-3313-357
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