https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20210119/black-ballet-dancer-stands-strong-in-berlin-racism-row Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:51:25 +0100 black-ballet-dancer-stands-strong-in-berlin-racism-row Dancers at Berlin's Staatsballett are challenging the appointment of choreographer Sasha Waltz as one of the company's new directors, rejecting the appointment as "insulting" and politically-tinged. https://www.thelocal.de/20160913/berlin-ballet-furious-at-political-appointment Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:59:31 +0200 berlin-ballet-furious-at-political-appointment A portly pensioner weighing 125 kilos took his sports club to court after he injured himself when the ballet barre he was practicing on collapsed under his weight. https://www.thelocal.de/20140526/bulky-ballet-dancer-75-sues-club-for-fall-in-munich Mon, 26 May 2014 17:21:00 +0200 bulky-ballet-dancer-75-sues-club-for-fall-in-munich