Dancers Boycotting Avril Lavigne Audition

Wendy Garofoli | Feb 04, 2008 | 0

Dance industry sources are up in arms over the less-than-favorable pay rate for the upcoming Avril Lavigne tour. An email has been circulating, which requests dancers to boycott the L.A. audition on Tuesday, February 5, in order to send a message that dancers deserve better.

The email reads as follows:

"There will be an Avril Lavigne audition happening on Tuesday, February 5th that we are very concerned about. The tour's weekly rate is $1,250.00 inclusive of agency fee…after agency commission that would be $1,125.00 to you before taxes. Management has offered no additional perdiem and no plus agency fee, which is standard in our industry. We have expressed our concerns to Avril's management but they have decided to move forward regardless.

Our recommendation is that our clients and all dancers in the city spread the word to friends, fellow dancers, dance schools, etc. emphasizing how inappropriate these rates are. Hopefully your actions can send a message to management that the rates are unacceptable for an artist of this calibre and that they cannot hire professional dancers for these fees."

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