{"id":16607,"date":"2019-09-15T04:51:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T04:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playright.be\/?p=16607"},"modified":"2019-09-17T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T17:51:39","slug":"memorandum-of-the-performing-artist-2019-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playright.be\/en\/memorandum-of-the-performing-artist-2019-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorandum of the performing artist (2019-2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the run up to the elections in May 2019, PlayRight drafted a ‘Memorandum for the performing artist<\/strong>’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our\nculture is an important part of the society we live in, and musicians, dancers\nand actors are the performing artists that play a big role therein. In fact,\nculture and leisure creates connection between people, a very important factor\nwithin a country as divided as Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However,\nit is still very tough for performing artists to develop a sustainable\nprofessional career, despite the existence of a legal framework and the freedom\nto choose for a career as actor, musician or dancer. Although our performers\ngenerally resort to all the chances they get, it still appears to be very hard\nto obtain a full-fledged income out of their artistic activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PlayRight, therefore, created this memorandum, focusing on the performing artist as a cultural worker<\/strong>, with the emphasis on work. It’s about time that the debates and talks leave from the perspective of the working artist and make it their goal to support that work, rather than trying to alleviate the burdens of unemployed artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 15 grounded recommendations of this memorandum focus on 3 important challenges<\/strong> regarding culture, employment, economy and internationalisation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n