Late at night on January 9th, Beijing time, the principal dancer of the German Hamburg Ballet posted a missing person notice on its social media, saying that Zhang Lin, a 121-year-old Chinese female dancer of the troupe, died at 1 pm local time last Friday (5th). He disappeared after rehearsing at :30 and has been unable to be contacted.
"Currently, the Hamburg Ballet has called the local police and contacted the Chinese Consulate General in Hamburg." According to "Teacher Rabbit", a friend sent an email to the Chinese Consulate General in Hamburg yesterday for help, and received an email. Email reply from the Consulate General. " The Consulate General said it attaches great importance to this matter and has contacted the Hamburg police, Zhang Lin's mother and friends, and provided help for Zhang Lin's mother to apply for a visa to Germany. At the same time, members of the German Hamburg Ballet They also posted missing persons notices around the dance company, Zhang Lin's residence, and along the way to and from work.
21-year-old Zhang Lin is 1.7 meters tall. According to the introduction on the official website of the Hamburg Ballet, she graduated from Beijing Dance The High School Affiliated to the Academy is a dark horse among the graduates of that year. With its touching performance "Giselle", it won the fourth place in the 2020 Lausanne International Ballet Competition in Switzerland, and later studied at the Hamburg Ballet School in Germany.
According to "Teacher Rabbit" recalled that Zhang Lin was developing very well in Hamburg, Germany before her disappearance. She officially joined the Hamburg Ballet in January last year. "This child loves dancing very much. Before she graduated from the Hamburg Ballet School, It was confirmed by the group leader that he would graduate and join the group. After joining the dance company, she also obtained a formal work visa, and there were always opportunities to get new roles and new plays. Before lost contact, she had just played a new role, and 's life and work were very normal. "
Due to the many online kidnapping cases targeting Chinese students in recent years, Zhang Lin's disappearance has once again attracted attention to such cases. As early as 2017, Canada had experienced multiple virtual fraud cases. The Chinese who disappeared in the United States at the end of last year The international student was found recently, and it was found that it was also an online kidnapping case.
This time Zhang Lin disappeared, and some netizens revealed that a blackmail video had appeared, but it was not specified whether it was received by relatives or friends.
The police have not yet updated the latest information . The family has not publicly released a search for help. The news about Zhang Lin’s disappearance was first posted by Matias Oberlin, the principal dancer of the Hamburg Ballet, on the self-media Instagram. Later, members of the dance company forwarded it one after another, and also appeared on major ballet forums. A missing person notice was posted, and many ballet dancers who saw it helped spread the word.
