Belgium Investigates Another Ballet Abuse Scandal

Jan Fabre has all kinds of awards, honors, and money from the Belgian government, and he’s renowned for being a “boundary pusher” in dance. Perhaps some of those boundaries should have been left alone: “Eight former members of Mr. Fabre’s company signed an open letter to the magazine Rekto Verso accusing him of sexual harassment. The letter said 12 current or former members had also endorsed it anonymously. Mr. Fabre ran a company where ‘humiliation is daily bread,’ it said. The signees also accused Mr. Fabre of running a semi-secret project in which dancers were pressured to pose for provocative photos in exchange for off-the-books payments.”