First Black female dancer at Berlin’s Staatsballett ...
... had to ‘white up’ for Swan Lake Chloé Lopes Gomes claims racial harassment at Berlin's Staatsballett. Picture: Marek Wójciak/Instagram/Chloé Lopes Gomes By Maddy Shaw Roberts, ClassicFM London French ballerina Chloé Lopes Gomes has accused Germany’s most prestigious ballet company of failing to protect her against multiple acts of discrimination and racism. Berlin’s principal ballet company has said it aspires to a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination and racism after its first Black female dancer, Chloé Lopes Gomes, claimed multiple counts of racial harassment. Lopes Gomes, who joined the Staatsballett as a corps de ballet member in 2018, spoke out about her experience in November this year, to German magazine Der Spiegel . She said she faced racial harassment at the Berlin company, saying she was repeatedly told her skin colour meant she did not fit in. She specifically claimed racial abuse from her ballet mistress, who she said force...