The Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse has summarily dismissed its ballet director Kader Belarbi for ‘managerial deficiencies’.
Belarbi, 60, promptly announced legal action for ‘slanderous defamation’.
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Doesn’t sound good.
Kader Belarbi has put this company at the top 10 in France. He Is creative, and has an equilibrium between repertoire and contemporary ways of expression. I beleive that, sometimes, dancers do not want to be asked for more. And a say that as a former dancer, and as a choreographer. I hope the best for him. And to the Toulouse Ballet.
Easier than in Hannover !
from https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/haute-garonne/toulouse/licenciement-de-kader-belarbi-directeur-du-ballet-de-toulouse-on-ne-remet-pas-en-cause-le-talent-mais-les-methodes-2713658.html:
“On a eu des témoignages de personne qui revendiquaient d’avoir été battus quand on leur enseignait la danse. Ceci est totalement inacceptable, c’est d’un autre temps.”
— Yves Sapir, délégué CGT du théâtre du Capitole
“There has been testimony from people who claim to have been beaten during dance instruction. This is totally unacceptable; this is from another era.”
— Yves Sapir, representative of the General Confederation of Labor to the Théâtre du Capitole
Yves Sapir is not always the most reliable source.
THAT is defamation.