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'We need some professional dancers for key parts of our ceremonies - you know, the ones that will appear close-up on telly with complicated bits to perform.'
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'Now, those professional dancers will have to make a choice between 'working' for the Ceremonies or 'working' in some other paying role e.g. on stage.' (I have no idea how competitive this world is, but I imagine it's quite hard to find a job, so this is a big assumption.)
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'So we'll have to agree to pay what Equity negotiated with us.'
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'On the other hand most of the famous recording artists performing in the closing ceremony are happy to do it for free, and will only lose a night or two when they might have been making money elsewhere. So they'll accept the token quid.'
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'As for the mass of volunteers, we'll have more applicants that we need so (i) we don't need to pay them and (ii) it's in the spirit of the Games.'