Pop diva Madonna's dancers are paid less than a 1000 dollars per show as compared to the two million dollars that the singer earns per show. At bigger arenas, a single concert can rake in as much as 12 million dollars.
"I know they're not getting paid that much, considering how much they're working," a friend of one of the dancers was quoted as saying.
According to The New York Daily News, the dancers trained for 12 hours a day, six days a week for two months to prepare for the current "Re-invention" tour.
The 12 dancers are not unionised and were forced to perform at a venue without air conditioning to preserve the 'Material Girl's' voice.
"Sometimes it's insanely hot. It's very hard to breathe, and they have oxygen in our dressing rooms." a dancer was quoted as saying.
However, the dancers are still thrilled to be on tour with the pop icon.
"She treats us like royalty. She even had us to her house for a cookout," Seth Stewart, one of the dancers, was quoted as saying.
"The dancers seem very happy. I haven't heard otherwise," Madonna spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg was quoted as saying.
source : ANI
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