RITA HOWARD

FORMS OF STAGE CONTRACTS

I OFFER no apology for posting the inexperienced ones about to enter upon a stage career as to how best to make the start.

The signing of a mutual contract, entering into a legal engagement on the part of manager and dancer to perform certain duties and pay certain salaries for a stated period of time, is of sufficient importance to have serious consideration.

I want my pupils to know in advance just what a proper stage contract looks like, how it reads, and what they will be called upon to sign as "party of the second part" when the hoped for time comes that their dances are to have public presentation on the professional stage.