A German newspaper critic had animal feces smeared on her face in the city of Hannover by a ballet director who apparently took offense at a review she wrote.
The Hannover state opera house apologized for the incident and said Monday that it was suspending ballet director Marco Goecke with immediate effect.
The daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that a furious Goecke approached its dance critic, Wiebke Huester, during the interval of a premiere at Hannover's opera house on Saturday and asked what she was doing there.
He then pulled out a paper bag with animal feces and smeared her face with the contents before making off through a packed theatre foyer.In a statement on its website, the opera house said Huester's “personal integrity” was violated “in an unspeakable way.” The opera house said that Goecke's “impulsive reaction” violated the ground rules of the theater and that “he caused massive damage to the Hannover State Opera and State Ballet.”It adds that Goecke has been given the next few days to apologize “comprehensively” and explain himself to theater management “before further steps are announced.”
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