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24. REHEARSALS - MINIMUM GUARANTEE(a) When any Artist returns from a layoff from the Employer of three (3) weeks ormore duration, s/he will not be required to participate in a fully produced performance prior tothe Friday of the third week of his/her return.(b) Class shall be made available to Company members two (2) weeks prior to thefirst scheduled rehearsal week of the season, on a local-option basis.25. FREE DAYS AND HOLIDAYS(a) During each five (5) day rehearsal week, each Artist will receive two (2) FreeDays as is defined herein. In the absence of special circumstances or needs, those two (2) FreeDays shall be Saturday and Sunday.(b) Artists may not be required to rehearse and/or perform on the following legalholidays: Labor Day, Independence Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’sDay and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. All such legal holidays shall be in addition to theregularly scheduled Free Days. If there is a performance scheduled on the legal holiday, theArtists shall receive an extra Free Day within the succeeding or preceding four (4) week periodof employment.(c) For tours which are in excess of twenty-one (21) days, the Employer shall use allbest efforts to designate the Free Day on the day immediately following the Company’s return tothe City of Origination.26. REHEARSAL CONDITIONS - GENERAL PROVISIONS(a) The Employer shall not schedule a Dancer for rehearsals in two separate studiosin the same time period. If the Dancer does rehearse in two separate studios during the sametime period, it shall count and be compensated for as two rehearsals.(b) The maximum number of consecutive hours of rehearsal is three (3) hours. If theArtist shall be required to rehearse in excess of the maximum number of hours per day or perweek, as above provided, s/he shall be paid not less than the hourly overtime rate for each suchadditional rehearsal hour or fraction thereof. The fourth (4 th ) hour after three consecutive hoursof rehearsal must be an uninterrupted rest hour. When the hours rehearsed are not consecutive,the one (1) hour break will be given after three hours total of rehearsal except for full dressrehearsals with orchestra for Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake where rehearsals may be fourconsecutive hours. If the Artist is scheduled to rehearse for a fourth (4 th ) consecutive hour, s/heshall be compensated the hourly penalty rate. The Artist will not be required to travel to anotherplace of rehearsal during the one (1) hour rest period.(c) When the cast of any ballet is required to execute movements or kneel on thefloor in any rehearsal room or on stage, the floor of such room or stage shall be maintained inproper condition for such work and cleaned prior to such class and/or rehearsal. No otherrehearsals shall be called on the freshly cleaned floor prior to the rehearsal in question.21
(d) The Artist shall be given a five (5) minute break during each scheduled one (1)hour or one-half (½) hour rehearsal.(e) Artists must have one and one-half (1½) hours off between class and/or rehearsalscalled at two (2) different locations.(f) Any Artist who is required to understudy a part shall be compensated at theregular rehearsal rate as provided herein. All understudies must sign in at half-hour and mustalways be present in the theater, ready and able to perform. Artists may be dismissed fromremaining in the theater by the Employer.(g) Artists shall not be penalized for refusal to rehearse on a concrete floor, eventhough it may have a linoleum covering.(h) An employer representative will be present at all times when the Company isrehearsing in the theater and at all Lecture Demonstrations. This representative will beresponsible for the floor condition, heating, adequate lighting and for calling breaks and keepingexact time records with regard to commencement and dismissal of rehearsals. The Employeragrees that an official management representative with authority and decision-making power willaccompany the Dancers on all tours.(i) Smoking, eating and drinking beverages other than water by either Artists and/orall management personnel shall be prohibited in any space where a class, rehearsal and/orperformance is being held.(j) All dress rehearsals or rehearsals requiring makeup must include a one and onehalfhour (1½) rest interval prior to the on-stage call for a dress rehearsal. Class shall not bescheduled during this interval.27. POSTING OF REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES(a) A call board shall be provided in each place where rehearsals are regularlyscheduled, and all notices concerning rehearsals shall be posted thereon.(b) During all rehearsal and performance weeks, the complete individual Artist’sschedule shall be posted by 12 noon, two (2) working days in advance of the rehearsal.(c) If the Employer does not abide by the foregoing (a) or (b) above, or any partthereof, the Artist shall be exonerated for any lateness or missing of rehearsals occasionedthereby.(d) The program of ballets, including casts, shall be posted on the bulletin board two(2) weeks and two days before the first performance. Any change in casts following suchposting shall be made by the Employer upon personal notification to each involved Dancertwenty-four (24) hours in advance of performance, except in the case of an emergency whenlater notice may be given.22
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