My Action for Livable Wage of Ballet Dancers in Japan
<p>In Japan, ballet dancers are underpaid. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/23/national/japans-talented-ballerinas-find-opportunities-overseas/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">An article in Japan Times in 2012</a> reported that the salary of a 41-year-old ballet dancer in a major Japanese ballet troupe was 2 million JPY per year. She will get no pension after retirement, which is paid in some countries.</p>
<p>This may sound a little weird, professional ballet dancers in Japan pay to dance professionally. They have a ticket quota for performances, and dancers in some troupes have to pay the troups some money each month.</p>
<p>Hence, talented ballet dancers go overseas for job opotunity.</p>
<p>As a ballet teacher, I wanted children who want to become professionals to become ballet dancers in Japan without having to worry about their future.</p>
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