[Callers] Choreography and Copyright

[Janet Bertog via Callers]

> Under what circumstances do we have the moral and/or legal right to:
> 1) Call a dance written by someone else?

This is part of the folk process and the best way to get dances in
circulation. If people only called their own dances or had to pay royalties
to call other people's dances, a lot of dances would never get called.

> 2) Publish a dance written by someone else?

No. The choreographer should publish their dances, unless they ask someone
else to do it. I know some choreographers don't want their dances
published, for some reason.

> 3) Modify, or borrow from, a dance written by someone else?

If you modify a dance in a very minor way, my policy is to say it is a
variation of that dance and credit the original choreographer. If you
borrow a move or sequence from a dance, I personally believe you should
credit the origin of the move or sequence in a foot note when you publish
it.

Janet
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