German ballet director issues apology over feces attack - KPRC2
Former dancer Jean-Christophe Maillot , president of the Monaco Dance Forum, applauds as Marco Goecke, resident choreographer at the Stuttgart Ballet, received his prize at the 4th biennial Nijinsky Awards, hosted by Princess Caroline of Hanover and designer Karl Lagerfeld, at the Monte Carlo Opera House on December 7, 2006 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
The newspaper said that Goecke, who apparently felt provoked by a recent review she wrote of a production he staged in the Netherlands, threatened to ban her from the ballet and accused her of being responsible for people canceling season tickets in Hannover. He then pulled out a paper bag with the feces and smeared her face with the contents.
However, he added that it's time for media to “rethink a certain form of destructive and hurtful reporting that damages the whole cultural sector” and criticized Huester for what he said were “often nasty reviews.” “I apologize for the fact that I finally blew my top, but I also ask for a certain understanding at least for the reasons why this happened,” he wrote.
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