Hamburg Ballet dancers accuse artistic director of creating ‘toxic environment’ – reports
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#6XE9R)
More than half of troupe's dancers write to minister criticising Demis Volpi and five soloists resign
Ballet dancers at a top German company have reportedly written an excoriating critique of their new artistic director, accusing him of creating a toxic work environment."
More than half of the 63 dancers making up the troupe have complained of untenable working conditions under Hamburg Ballet's artistic director, Demis Volpi, who joined the company last September, taking over from the US choreographer John Neumeier.
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