“A German ballet company has suspended its director for reportedly assaulting a critic with dog feces. The Hannover state opera house apologized for the incident and said Monday that it was suspending ballet director Marco Goecke.”
Read MoreThis August, a professional theatre company in Germany is set to mount a production of Hair that is generating outrage in its community. The reason for the outrage is that in this production, the creative team has removed Black characters, their songs, and replaced it with an all-white cast. In a time where there is a global discussion of increasing representation of Black performers, this theatre company seems okay with erasing them from the iconic musical.
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