About a month after he arrived as artistic director, Corella said, "People started to put their arms across and say, 'This is not going to happen.' I heard that some dancers said, 'The same way we got rid of the previous artistic director, we're going to get rid of this one.' Dancers were laughing at my face. A dancer even insulted me in front of everyone, just called me an [expletive]. You had people who didn't even show up to class - I didn't see them for three or four months - others that were injured for a very long time. ... People from all around the world were knocking on the door - we had 2,000-something people sending in audition tapes."
Article source here:Arts Journal
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