The ballet company of the Vienna Opera has fired one of its dancers over a series of risque pictures that appeared in a magazine, the opera’s director confirmed Thursday, reports AFP.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Karina Sarkissova had already received a warning for another series of nude photos, said Dominique Meyer.<\/p>\n
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“She was fired on August 23 after this new publication,” Meyer told AFP, confirming a press report.<\/p>\n
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“The ballet corps has been shocked by these new images which appeared in the sex section,” he added.<\/p>\n
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“On the cover of the magazine, you could read ‘The ballerina nude, the ballet as we love it,'” said Meyer.<\/p>\n
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A situation of this kind was unprecedented at the Vienna Opera, he added.<\/p>\n
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Born in 1983, Sarkissova was trained at Russia’s famous Bolshoi Ballet and joined the Vienna Opera ballet in 2000.<\/p>\n
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In comments to the Austrian media, she has said she felt discriminated against.<\/p>\n
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Meyer, who took up his post a few days after the dancer was fired, said he would shortly be meeting her to hear her side of the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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