Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Musicians' union to protest Texas Ballet Theater's decision to use recorded music
The Dallas Morning News: "The dance company, which says it needs $2 million in cash and pledges by Wednesday to survive, announced last month that it plans to use recorded music in place of live music by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Opera Orchestra."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
we were talking about the musician's union protest on pittsburgh public ballet in our production management class. i completely understand the producer's difficulties to afford the live musicians, because there are so many in a orchestra, and ballet usually cost a lot more than most genres of the theatre. but i understand musician's point, too. i guess they would feel like they are replaced by the technology and feel left out.
On one hand, it seems quite understandable for the musicians to be angry that the theatre is essentially laying them off indefinitely, on the other hand it's a bit hard to see how picketing, which will likely decrease support for the theatre will help them be able to re-hire them. It doesn't sound like the theatre doesn't want the musicians.
Post a Comment