Unpaid Rio de Janeiro orchestras play the blues When Filipe Moreira, principal dancer at the Rio de Janeiro ballet, takes to the stage, his grace and athleticism wow the audience. But his toughest challenge is surviving 14 hour days as an Uber taxi driver. Like the more than 500 other members of the Theatro Municipal in nearly bankrupt Rio, the lithe, super-fit 36-year-old hasn't been paid properly since mid-2016. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES