Art attack: German ballet director allegedly wipes dog faeces on critic’s face
- Marco Goecke confronted journalist Wiebke Huester in the foyer during an intermission of a performance and ‘pulled a paper bag full of animal excrement out’
- He was incensed by the writer’s negative review of his previous show ‘In the Dutch Mountains’, performed in The Hague earlier, Huester’s employer said
An award-winning German ballet director allegedly smeared dog faeces on the face of a prominent critic at the weekend premiere of a new show, prompting a police investigation.
Marco Goecke confronted journalist Wiebke Huester in the foyer at the Hanover State Opera during an intermission of a performance on Saturday, Huester’s employer said, adding he was furious at her review of a previous show.
The ballet chief “pulled a paper bag full of animal excrement out and smeared the contents on the face of our dance critic”, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).
During a break in Saturday’s performance of Belief – Love–Hope, Goecke was incensed by Huester’s negative review of his show In the Dutch Mountains, performed in The Hague earlier.
Goecke allegedly threatened to bar the critic from the Hanover State Opera and blamed her for cancelled subscriptions at the theatre.