2023-08-31 18:47:21
The president of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne (BBL) Foundation Board, Solange Peters, is stepping down. In place since June 2018, she says she is retiring for professional reasons, “her growing involvement in the health sector no longer allowing her to devote as much time to her function”.
Solange Peters is head of the medical oncology department at the CHUV and full professor at the University of Lausanne. In a press release published on Thursday, the BBL Foundation Board salutes the “crucial role” in the management and development of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne” played by Solange Peters. Solange Peters is head physician of the Medical Oncology Department at the CHUV and full professor at the University of Lausanne [DR]
“Under her presidency, the company was able to resist the pandemic. Encouraged by a general analysis of the situation, Solange Peters was also the instigator of the BBL audit. on good foundations, in particular through an administrative restructuring and the hiring of a general manager”, writes the foundation.
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Serious problems revealed by the audit
The new general director of the BBL, Giancarlo Sergi, took office on September 1, 2022. His appointment followed an audit which at the end of October 2021 revealed serious problems within the BBL.
The Foundation Board then decided to review the governance and create a position of general manager. His role: to oversee the entire structure and supervise the number one of the BBL, the artistic director Gil Roman, who has been accused of having an angry, sometimes abusive temperament.
“These years spent at BBL have been among the most rewarding of my career. I have had the privilege of working with incredible talents and seeing our company touch the hearts of so many people around the world”, says Solange Peters, quoted in the statement, referring to “new challenges”.
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