London principal gets 9 years for sexual assault

London principal gets 9 years for sexual assault

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norman lebrecht

October 21, 2021

A former principal dancer at English National Ballet has been jailed for nine years after being convicted by a London jury of 12 counts of sexual assault of young dancers.

Cuban-born Yat-Sen Chang, 49, danced with ENB for 18 years, up to 2011.

Based in Germany, he denied all the charges. Court report here.

Comments

  • Karl says:

    One victim said ‘she initially mischaracterized his demeanor as “nice,” but as she got older, she “became increasingly disgusted at what happened” with Chang’.

    Does regret really constitute sexual assault?

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