Ballet director Goecke loses job after dog excrement attack

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Consequences for the ballet director Marco Goecke

Ballet director Marco Goecke in the foyer of the Hanover State Opera.

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(dpa) The Hanover State Opera separates from ballet director Marco Goecke because of his dog excrement attack on a journalist. His contract as ballet director was terminated with immediate effect and by mutual agreement, said artistic director Laura Berman on Thursday at the Ballhof Eins theater venue. The theater management had already suspended Goecke on Monday. According to Berman, however, his plays will continue to be performed in Hanover.