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Dancer speaks out about racism at Berlin’s Staatsballet
A ballet mistress at the Berlin State Ballet has been accused of making various racist remarks by ensemble member Chloe Lopes Gomes, a French dancer joined the Berlin State Ballet in 2018 as the first and to date only Black member. During those two and a half years, I was under the supervision of a ballet mistress who said that ballet should not take me because I am Black and a woman of color in a corps de ballet is something that is not aesthetic, not homogeneous, Lopes Gomes told DW. She made racist jokes and comments.
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Thomas Bellut is ZDF’s Director General since 2012
Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė is LRT’s Director General since 2018
Fran Unsworth is a member of the BBC Board and is responsible for the BBC’s current affairs and news programming
One member rejoins the board
Alexander Wrabetz (ORF) is back on the Executive Board after having served as an EBU Board Member from 2011-2016. He has been the Director General of ORF since 2007.
Three women on the board
Ms. Delphine Ernotte Cunci (incoming EBU President) says:
I’m glad we could gather a great cast of skills and experience and also keep the balance of the geographical, economical and cultural diversity of the EBU Members in the composition of the new Executive Board. For the first time, I’m also proud to include 3 women on the board.
Kudláčová Named to Run EBU’s Radio Operation
Czech Radio veteran is a familiar face on EBU committees
Edita Kudláčová has been selected to be the new head of radio for the European Broadcast Union.
She is a 12-year veteran of the central European national broadcaster, having risen to chief content producer.
Kudláčová is a member of the EBU’s New Radio Group and, prior to that, the International Relations Radio Group until 2016.
She said, “I’m passionate about radio and audio and I believe strongly in the power of these mediums to create fantastic content and in their potential to innovate and develop. I’m really looking forward to working with the team at the EBU.”