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According to Broadway World, the Rockettes’ union, the American Guild of Variety Artists, told them that they are forbidden from boycotting the event. One of the dancers, Phoebe Pearl, recently ranted on Instagram about having to participate in the inauguration, according to The New York Daily News.

Pearl’s account has since been made private, but here’s what she originally wrote:

I usually don’t use social media to make a political stand but I feel overwhelmed with emotion. Finding out that it has been decided for us that Rockettes will be performing at the Presidential inauguration makes me feel embarrassed and disappointed. The women I work with are intelligent and are full of love and the decision of performing for a man that stands for everything we’re against is appalling. I am speaking for just myself but please know that after we found out this news, we have been performing with tears in our eyes and heavy hearts. We will not be forced! #notmypresident


That’s all we know so far about the main inauguration ceremony; the names of more performers will continue to be announced over the next few weeks.

However, The Wrap reported on Wednesday that President-Elect Donald Trump is very unhappy that his staff has not been able to book any major stars for his inauguration. The president-elect himself has now weighed in on Twitter, saying that he doesn’t want A-list celebrities at all.

A number of artists, including Elton John, have reportedly declined invitations. And when opera singer Andrea Bocelli was said to be in talks with the Trump team, he received intense online backlash and later announced he would not participate in the event.

Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren recently took issue with the fact that Hollywood celebrities are feeling pressured to skip the inauguration, accusing the left of being intolerant.

“There are still many Americans out there that fail to understand that Donald Trump will be our 45th president and that he will be inaugurated on Jan. 20,” Lahren said on Fox News. “They haven’t even accepted that yet. If they can’t accept that, of course they’re not gonna accept entertainers going to perform at an inauguration. This should be an exciting moment for America.”

In addition to the actual inauguration, though, there will also be several inaugural balls, both official and unofficial. We don’t yet know exactly where Donald Trump will be on the night of January 20th; closer to the inauguration itself, the Presidential Inaugural Committee will announce the official inaugural balls and detail exactly what Trump’s schedule for that evening will look like.

The Presidential Inaugural Committee has said, however, that Donald Trump will attend a ball saluting armed services and first responders."

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