Recently, there has been a ironic thing in the European art world, a male ballet director and a dance critic "fight", and the method used is really not "literary". The male director smeared his dog's on the face of the female critic, paying attention to "smearing", not throwing it on the face, which was too insulting.
And as time goes by, things are fermenting further. According to news on February 14, local time, the male director Marco Geocke (Marco Geocke) has been suspended by his opera house, but he still insists on his approach and refuses to apologize to female critic Wiebke Hüster.
Although the 50-year-old insisted he acted "on impulse", he is also under police investigation for the assault, in addition to his suspension as director of the ballet of the Hannover State Opera and banned from entering the opera.
The theater has repeatedly urged Geok to apologize, saying he has done "great damage" to his own reputation and "deeply offended" the attacked Hust. Leander Haussmann, a German theater director, also said in an interview that if Geok did not ask for forgiveness, he would no longer be an artist and would not have anyone's support.
Despite pressure from many quarters, Geok said in an interview that he would not apologize, and also claimed that "she has been throwing at me for years." In Geok's view, Hust, 57, has been critical of him for years and also claims it's part of her job. "No hardworking person will endure this in the long run," says Geok indignantly.
What finally made Geok explode was his first work rehearsed this year, "In the Dutch Mountains", which was once again badly criticized by Hurst and used harsh wording. "Geok's new drama with others makes the audience sometimes crazy and sometimes killed by boredom", "This work is like the radio not finding the right station... It's a shame and a shame, the choreographers have to be responsible for both, and the dancers' virtuosity needs to be better utilized."
Hearing such comments, as a person who has put in a lot of effort, of course, will not be happy, whether it is said correctly or not, it will make him deeply frustrated, and it is clear that this is also the beginning of his irrational actions.
"Shitgate" takes place in a theater in Hanover, when Hust is enjoying Geok's latest work, Faith-Love-Hope. Hust said she was very happy to talk to Geok when he saw her approaching. But Geok said Houst adopted an "aggressive, arrogant and condescending" attitude towards him during the exchange.
Hurst claimed that his comments were not directed at Geok personally, and also said that he had great talent, but Geok didn't want to hear anything more from her, pulled a "poop bag" from his jacket's pocket, and then smeared on Hust's face. "He didn't just throw it at me. He pulled the dirt out of the open side of the bag and rubbed it roughly on my face, so the stuck to my face," Hust recalled the moment that humiliated her.
After that, Geok walked onto the stage to close the curtain with the dancers.
A ballet dancer as a teenager, Geok became a choreographer since 2000, rehearsed dozens of productions and won at least 18 trophies, making him a leader in the German ballet industry.
It stands to reason that he is also a person who has been educated in high art since he was a child, and it is really shameful that he can do such a thing.