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French ballet dancer Chloe Lopes Gomes poses for a picture outside the Deutsche Oper in Berlin on January 7. AFP
Black ballerina stands firm in Berlin racism row
Wed, 3 February 2021
Berlin State Ballet’s first black dancer Chloe Lopes Gomes said she has been made to feel different because of her skin colour since she first donned ballet shoes as a child.
But after she was again subjected to what she described as “racism” at Germany’s largest dance company, she has launched a fightback that has forced the State Ballet to launch an internal investigation into her complaints.
In an interview with AFP, Lopes Gomes stood by her allegations against the Berlin company, arguing that it was time for the classical ballet world to address the issue.
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