Tag: dancers

In Japan, ballet dancers are underpaid. An article in Japan Times in 2012 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. This may sound a lit...

As dancers glided in a circle, arms outstretched, there was a sudden and enormous applause from fellow performers as they suddenly grabbed at their clothing and ripped away pants and shirts. Bare-chested with naked legs, they gleefully bopped and prowled the floor with large grins on their faces. ...