Audio Panning

I have video of a live dance recital where the left channel is from a mike on the stage that picks up live music and tap sound from dancers.
The right channel is a direct connect to the sound board mixer main out.
I need to mix these two channels together so that the output level for right and left is equal BUT each dance will have to be adjusted so that the left and right channels contribute differently.
With a large group tapping, the left channel has to contribute much less than a solo tap performance.
I can see in the audio mixer the ability to adjust the left and right levels, but the master VU meter always shows a difference in levels between left and right.  The physical mixer that I use at the recital outputs the main with the levels even between left and right,  but I want to do the mixing post production. Its too hard to operate the camera and the mixer at the same time. I just need PP to do the same thing, just can't figure this out.
Thanks for any help.

Audio 1 is adjusted at -18 and audio 2 is at +3. The master is even with both left and right at the same level. However, if I do this on stereo type of audio, the master out is not even.
Right now, I dont have media with different type of sounds in the left and right channels. I guess I need to create them before the recital for practice.
I just need to know the right set up.
Thanks again

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