Anti-Cojocaru demo outside Bucharest Opera
mainBallet-lovers and nationalisrs hurled angry slogans at each other over the resignation of the country’s leading dancer, a withdrawal provoked by rising nationalism at the opera house.
Watch. Weep.
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Who’s the baboon shouting obscenities from the steps of the opera house? Is that Neanderthal a member of the ‘mis-management’ of the theatre?
Serious professionals need to support the artistes who have walked out – and boycott this nest of thugs.