ACC payments for ballet dancers could rise 360%

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A potential leap in ACC payments of about 360 percent has the Royal New Zealand ballet spinning. ACC's consulting on poposed changes that would see ballet dancers move out of the low risk performing arts category that they currently share with the likes of theatre and opera into a medium to high risk classification. That could mean annual acc levies of up to 300,000 dollars a year; . The boss of ACC told RNZ that ballet dancer injuries were on par with rugby players, Royal New Zealand Ballet Executive Director, Tobias Perkins spoke to Lisa Owen.