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I come to conclude that the unfair and precarious working conditions contemporary dance artists specifically deal with are thus tied in with a more general point at issue affecting our society in late capitalism at large. However, saying ‘no’ collectively to these unfair and precarious conditions is extremely challenging in the contemporary dance sector, because many artists are still willing to work despite of the precarious conditions.
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Van Assche, A. (2020). Conclusion: Precarity’s Plural Character. In: Labor and Aesthetics in European Contemporary Dance . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40693-6_11
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