Super Bowl halftime dancers' $15-an-hour contract is 'a disappointment,' advocates say

LOS ANGELES — Four hundred volunteers working for up to 72 hours as "field cast participants" during this weekend's Super Bowl LVI halftime show will be paid $15 per hour, according to a deal memorandum obtained Sunday by the Los Angeles Times. Treatment of these volunteers — who include aspiring dancers, actors, singers and musicians recruited from local drill teams as well as theatrical, community and athletic groups — emerged as a flashpoint in the dance community last month after dance artist and activist Taja Riley posted about the dancers' lack of payment on her Instagram page.

Riley noted that a call had gone out through prominent dance agency Bloc LA, seeking volunteers to participate as part