Baron v. Placide

By the court:

Rost, J.

This case presents the grave question, whether the plaintiff was bound under her engagement as danseusc and mime at the theatre of the Variéties, to dance the polka, in the comedy entitled the Serious Family, when required to do so by the stage manager.

*230Her engagement was as seconde premiere danseuse, and had been entered into in Paris. It is considered that she is a chef demploi, and she urges that she would not as such be bound to dance parlor dances in parlor dress, with the figurants of the company, as required of her- in this case; but in the act signed by her in…