Jeff Bentley, executive director of the Kansas City Ballet, told PlaybillArts that he is optimistic about the new unionization: "We will, if course, work in good faith with AGMA ... [while] always looking towards the health of the organization overall. I take some satisfaction in the fact that the dancers currently enjoy a good relationship with management and are satisfied with their individual contracts."
Alan Gordon, AGMA's executive director, said in a statement, "Dancers come to AGMA because they feel safe being represented by lawyers and negotiators who are all also retired dancers. New York Area Counsel Deborah Allton-Maher danced at the Metropolitan Opera, National Dance Executive Nora Heiber danced for the San Francisco Opera and New York Area Dance Executive James Fayette was a principal dancer at New York City Ballet."