Ms. Hüster, the ballet director Marco Goecke smeared you with dog excrement. How did that happen? I was at the ballet premiere of "Faith - Love - Hope" at the Hanover State Opera. During the break, Mr. Goecke blocked my way on the long, narrow path into the foyer. I could tell from the way he stood in front of me how angry he was. I immediately assumed that it must be about my text, which appeared in the "FAZ" that day, a slander about his ballet "In The Dutch Mountains". But I stayed calm, thinking: "Okay, then I'll just talk to him about it." He said: "Wiebke, what do you even want here?" And I thought to myself: "Huh, since when are we on first-name terms?"

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