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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These people suck.  My child had a dance recital this weekend that was professionally filmed.  The director asked that it not be recorded. So...parents actually came backstage to try to film from the sides of the stage and fought with the owner trying to stop them.  One grown up lady stomping her foot while children were on stage screaming that "it's not fair, it's her right to be there and film her own child". Me, a parent volunteer, was mortified.  My husband told me another asshat went into the tech (light/sound booth) to try to film.  What is wrong with people? What happened to basic courtesy? I will take filming from the seats anyday over that nonesense. And dont even get me started about the people that post these things on socials without the concent of the parents of the other kids...they suck extra.[/quote]

Longtime dance parent/volunteer here: Please tell the dance school director about these things; he or she is swamped on show days and may not know about the details. Believe me, the director wants to know. The dance school should issue a crystal clear email saying filming is not allowed (not merely asking that shows not be recorded--telling parents the cannot record).

If you were in any rented facility (school auditoriums are also rented facilities), the rental contract may actually stipulate who can and can I enter the tech booth or be backstage. Or just tell the invading parents that there is a strict policy that only volunteers and dance studio staff are allowed backstage and others must leave immediately.

It is also hugely distracting to dancers on stage to have phones everywhere-- they CAN see the screen glow even though the screen isn't facing them. And the can see arms in the air etc. Distractions are actually dangerous to the dancers.

Phones etc actually can ruin the professional filming--the glow of screens may turn up on the professional recording. Any good film company is going to shoot over the level of the audience to avoid that but I've been told by the company that films our performances that phone cameras are a nightmare.

Our studio has an announcement before each show saying photography and filming are not allowed, period. We DO allow parents to see and film dress rehearsals--which does a lot to get it out of their systems before actual shows, and is not as distracting during a rehearsal (which may stop and start anyway) than during a show.[/quote]

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