BEYONCE LOW-BALLING DANCERS

TMZ is reporting that dancers working on Beyonce's latest videos are being low-balled on their salaries in order to make the videos on the cheap.

Reportedly B, not her label, is financing the video thus the need to keep costs low. Sources also say Beyonce's choreographer, Frank Gatson, is also on board as he has refused to work with any of the dancers' agents on this job. By eliminating the middleman and dealing directly with the dancers, Beyonce can pay them below standard wages. Industry contacts say this practice is highly irregular for an artist of Beyonce's stature, and it undermines the dance industry as a whole. To maintain good working relationships, the production company for the project , RSA Films, has recently agreed to pay agency fees for some of the dancers. While some dancers have boycotted the high-profile gig, others, willing to go around their agents, have been flown to L.A. and put up at hotels to work for the lower rates -- just to say they danced for a megastar like Beyonce.Usually, a dancer cast in an A-list artist's video can earn around $3000 for two rehearsal days and two shoot-days of work. Since music videos are not covered under union rules, Beyonce's camp is not violating regulations, but they are not in sync with Dancers' Alliance, an organization created by dancers to standardize non-union work.

Come on B. I guess the apple doesn’t fall to far from the tree…