Rehearsals on a Rehearsal Day.
(A) Rehearsal Hours During a Rehearsal Period
(i) No Performance Week
Rehearsals on a Rehearsal Day. (A) (i) In a week in which an Artist gives no performances, the Artist’s rehearsals shall normally consist of five (5) rehearsal days of six (6) out of eight (8) hours.
Rehearsals on a Rehearsal Day. (A) On a rehearsal day the Artist may be required to rehearse for six (6) hours out of eight (8) hours from the beginning of the day's first scheduled rehearsal of the Artist. In the city of origin, the week may consist of up to five (5) six (6) hour rehearsal days with two (2) free days. In any engagement week which contains three (3) or more free days, the remainder of the days may be either performance days or rehearsal days of six (6) out of eight (8) consecutive hours.
(B) At the Engager's discretion, the Artist not may be required to rehearse on Saturday in the city of origin except under the following conditions:
(i) a Choreographer or his/her official assistant, not residing in the point of origin or engaged as a resident choreographer by the Engager, is working with the Artist in the point of origin;
(ii) time rehearsed on Saturday shall be subtracted from the week-day rehearsal in half- hour increments per day, not to exceed one per rehearsal day. The maximum time an Artist may rehearse on a Saturday shall be two-and-one-half (2-1/2) hours, such hours to be consecutive. Rehearsals on a Saturday shall not be scheduled after 14:00. Therefore, during the engagement week, on a rehearsal day, prior to the Saturday, the Artist will be rehearsing for no more than five-and-a-half (5-1/2) hours out of seven-and-a-half (7-1/2) hours from the beginning of the day's first scheduled rehearsal of the Artist.
(iii) where with proper notice the regular free day is scheduled for Saturday in the city of origin, then another rehearsal day in the same engagement week shall consist of not more than two-and-a-half (2-1/2) consecutive hours (see 25.02 (B)(ii)). In any engagement week which contains three (3) or more free days, the remainder of the days may be either performance days or rehearsal days of five-and-a-half (5-1/2) out of seven-and-a-half (7-1/2) consecutive hours.
(C) For time rehearsed beyond the seven-and-a-half (7-1/2) or eight (8) hour span, the Artist shall be paid at the appropriate overtime rate per half (1/2) hour or portion thereof even though the Artist may not have rehearsed the maximum five-and-a-half (5-1/2) or six (6) hours.
(D) A rest period of one (1) hour or more which precedes an overtime rehearsal and occurs after the expiry of a seven-and-a-half (7-1/2) hour or eight (8) hour span shall be considered overtime.
(E) The Artist shall not be required to rehearse sooner than fourteen (14) hours following the end of the last preceding rehears...
