It's an industry norm that companies ask dancers to pay to be considered for employment.

In this episode I talk about the most common forms of this that I've encountered: asking dancers to pay for a summer intensive in order to be considered or asking for an audition fee at the audition. 

I argue that any form of a dancer paying to be considered for employment is an exploitation of that person's desire to belong and find their place. There is no other industry that I'm aware of in which an employer asks a candidate to pay to be considered for employment- so why do we let this practice persist in dance?

Julia Brandenberger: www.roguetheology.com

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Music:

"Theme for Julia," by Mira Treatman, licensed under CC BY 2.0