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Kate Connolly in Berlin

Hamburg Ballet dancers accuse artistic director of creating ‘toxic environment’ – reports

Hamburg Ballet dancers.
The Hamburg Ballet went from relative obscurity to a position of world renown in the dance world under its former artistic director John Neumeier. Photograph: Dpa Picture Alliance/Alamy

Ballet dancers at a top German company have reportedly written an excoriating critique of their new artistic director, accusing him of creating a “toxic work environment.”

More than half of the 63 dancers making up the troupe have complained of untenable working conditions under Hamburg Ballet’s artistic director, Demis Volpi, who joined the company last September, taking over from the US choreographer John Neumeier.

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