Famed ballet dancer gets 9 years for sexually assaulting students
according to The Guardian.Chang began his sentence on Wednesday, one day after World Ballet Day, which is celebrated annually.During the hearing, Judge Edward Connell told the court that the “internationally renowned” dancer had used his “fame and prestige” to manipulate and abuse young women under his charge at the Young Dancers Academy in London and with the ENB, between December 2009 and March 2016.His victims, aged 16 to 18 at the time, claimed Chang — himself a father of an adult daughter — had touched them inappropriately during post-practice massages.“You became emboldened when the young women did not report your conduct,” Judge Connell told Chang on Wednesday.