On the Move

Dance Passport

On the Move — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:40:16 +0000

The aim of the Dance Passport is to be a source of support for professional dancers in the context of mobility. It is a union solidarity network for dancers abroad. This scheme allows dancers who are paid-up union members in their home country to access local union support and services while working for a short period in any European country where there is a participating union.

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FIA-FIM Manifesto on the Status of the Artist

On the Move — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:50:52 +0000

This Manifesto on the Status of the Artist is the outcome of cooperation between the International Federation of Actors (FIA) and the International Federation of Musicians (FIM). A joint working group drawn from the membership of the two federations has been coming together on this issue in order to share experience and concerns.

The decision was taken to produce a joint document bringing together the main problems in relation to the status of the artist identified by the membership of the two federations and the chief political demands for action to address some of the most difficult and intractable issues.

The resulting two-page manifesto is available for download in 10 languages on the FIA website. It is a brief document offering a short but comprehensive overview of the problems experienced by artists and the key actions needed. The document is intended to be short but hard-hitting, with the weight and experience of the two federations behind it.

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EuroFIA Handbook: Dancers' Career Transition

On the Move — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:34:01 +0000

The FIA Handbook on Dancers’ Career Transition is now available for download on the FIA website.

Dancers are highly mobile professionals through the various stages of their career. This handbook compiles and analyses the data and information collected through desk research and a survey of EuroFIA members. It also offers a review of relevant national and international resources on dancers’ career transitions, as well as the discussions and exchanges at the project seminar in Berlin. It has been drafted with a view to bringing together the key elements for consideration in relation to successfully putting in place transition schemes for dancers.

On the Move welcomes this new publication of its member FIA devoted to dancers, highly mobile artistic professionals.

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Minimum Terms and Conditions for Dancers Working Abroad

On the Move — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:15:03 +0000

A guidance and reference document, from 2009, from EuroFIA, the European Group of the International Federation of Actors.

The EuroFIA working group on dancers has as its main priority the development of practical tools to support dancers and help to ensure the best possible working conditions for them, particularly when they are working abroad and may arguably be more vulnerable.

This is a set of recommended minimum terms and conditions for dancers. Its aim is to bring together a number of key model contractual clauses, which may be of use to dancers seeking to negotiate their contract, particularly when working in a context that is unfamiliar to them.

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ACTSAFE Health & Safety Guidelines

On the Move — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:44:00 +0000

International Federation of Actors (FIA) publishes new Health and Safety Guidelines for Live Performance, Film & Television work - a useful resource for internationally mobile performers. Available in English & French.

FIA is a federation of over 100 actors’ guilds, unions and professional associations all over the world. We also have a strong European group called EuroFIA which is an organized voice at European level. We work regularly with the Commission and the Parliament and we are members of two social dialogue committees for the live performance and audiovisual sectors.

Health and safety concerns are a major issue in relation to the working conditions of performers, who are frequently exposed to hazards not common in other lines of work, and which they are likely to be more accepting of, for artistic reasons. Accidents are a common problem. Particularly within the framework of mobility in other countries, actors may not be proactive in seeking to ensure minimum standards and protection.

FIA has tried to make progress on this issue and is working towards advancing it within the framework of the social dialogue committees. Equally, it has undertaken a substantial piece of work on this issue within its own structures. In 2007, FIA developed and launched its own “Health and Safety Guidelines”, which are tailored specifically towards performers and aim to inform them and make them aware of simple and practical actions they themselves can take to better ensure their own self and safety in the workplace.

The idea for the guidelines arose from a demand from FIA’s members for clear and comprehensive information as regards health and safety issues affecting performers. It was felt that FIA would be in a unique position to compile and offer an overview of norms in this area, taking in to account regional differences and national approaches, as well as the perspective of performers themselves.

The primary aim of the guidelines is to inform, and therefore empower, performers themselves. Their main strength and added value is that they are tailored to be a tool for performers. Thus, they offer an overview of health and safety issues in given thematic areas, highlighting the minimum expectations a performer should have and highlighting the practical actions a performer can take to ensure his/her own safety. The guidelines also empower performers by clearly identifying and describing hazards that they may be confronted with and highlighting their right to object to them or to demand that the working conditions take better account of them. The guidelines were drafted within the FIA office on the basis of a wide range of health and safety resources, including industry approved guidelines, resources collected through members and other national and international sources.

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