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Odoreida

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Wed Jan 16, 2019, 10:38 AM Jan 2019

Homopobic ballet dancer loses job. Boy was he ever in the wrong business.

Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin fired following homophobic rant
https://www.theweek.co.uk/98975/ballet-dancer-sergei-polunin-fired-following-homophobic-rant

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His comments triggered calls for a boycott on the Paris Opera Ballet’s upcoming production of Swan Lake, in which he was due to star as the prince.

On Monday, the dance company announced that it had withdrawn the invitation to Polunin to dance the lead in the famous ballet, which is frequently interpreted as a homosexual story. Artistic director Aurelie Dupont said “his public comments... do not respect our values”.

Lead Paris dancer Adrien Couvez had earlier called Polunin an “embarrassment”.

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Homopobic ballet dancer loses job. Boy was he ever in the wrong business. (Original Post) Odoreida Jan 2019 OP
He can get work in Russia, but you won't see him touring the West Beakybird Jan 2019 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Odoreida Jan 2019 #2
Back to the Bolshoi Marcuse Jan 2019 #3

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