AGMA says its board approved four-year Pacific Northwest Ballet agreements

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AGMA subsequently announced board approval of four-year agreements for dancers and stage managers. Dancer highlights include protection against AI replacing or replicating artists' work and AI content substituting for artists' activities.

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What changed

RESEARCH NOTE

The 13 July approval event follows the union's 10 August retrospective. AI provisions are explicit only under dancers; identical clauses in both agreements are not claimed. Implementation and complete texts were not checked.

Editorial research question

Editorial interpretation: extend AI labour bargaining to ballet dancers' embodied performance and replication of work, beyond recording and screen industries.

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Evidence & sources

SRC-0305

Lines 32–38: publication and board approval dates; 85–87: 'DANCERS: Inclusion, Safety & AI'.

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Highlights from AGMA’s New Four-Year Contracts at Pacific Northwest Ballet

American Guild of Musical Artists · EN · 2026-08-10

Case

CASE-0159AGMA / Pacific Northwest Ballet: protection against AI replacement in dancers' contracts

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