Dance Protests In France Over When Dancers Can Collect Their Pensions
(ArtsJournal Media)

On Saturday, officials announced that the government would withdraw, at least temporarily, a plan that would have raised the full-benefit retirement age, now 62 for many workers, to 64 for all professions. The Paris Opera Ballet´s dancers currently stop working at 42, then receive monthly payments equal to 45 to 48 percent of their top […]