Movin' Out Tour Dancer Alice Alyse Files Lawsuit
Dancer Alice Alyse has filed complaints in Miami circuit court and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"). The EEOC has already begun an investigation. Alyse will attend a press conference Tuesday morning and address the media herself.
Alyse, who performed in the first national tour of Movin' Out, has filed a number of complaints; she stated that dancers who were injured while dancing were fired through no fault of their own; that the jobs of dancers considered too overweight were threatened, and that sexual, ethnic and other forms of harassment took place. According to a press article, Alyse was sexually harassed by her production stage manager. "...While this was reported to management and then the show's owners,
nothing was done about it. Instead, as a condition for continued
employment, management and owners demanded that Alice agree to release
them from all liability. When Alice refused, she was terminated." She will be represented by Larry Klayman in the case.
"Told through the choreography of Twyla Tharp and more than two dozen of Billy Joel's hit songs, Movin' Out
is the story of lifelong friends through two turbulent decades that
change them and the world around them forever," state press notes.
Songs like 'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me,' 'We Didn't Start the
Fire,' and 'Pressure' all come together to weave a musical backdrop
which beautifully complements Tharp's innovative choreography. The
songs and dance take audiences through a poignant narrative comprised
of three main elements: post-World War II idealism, the Vietnam War and
its subsequent unrest, and finally, survival," state press notes on Movin' Out, which is currently on a national tour featuring Elizabeth Parkinson and Keith Roberts.
For more information on Alyse, visit www.alicealyse.com. To learn more about the lawsuit, visit www.movinoutlawsuit.com.
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