Giving it away for free - why the performing arts risks making the same mistake newspapers did
- Written by Caitlin Vincent, Lecturer in Creative Industries, University of Melbourne
Sydney Chamber Opera's Breaking Glass online performance from Carriageworks. Daniel BoudThere’s a long-running adage about working for free in the performing arts. “The problem with working for exposure,” it goes, “is you can die from exposure”.
Only partly a joke, the saying is also a sober warning to performers....