Ballerina sacked over nude shots

Vienna's State Opera and its ballet company has sacked a ballerina for posing in the nude after she was warned not to do it again.

The management of the prestigious institutions said solo dancer Karina Sarkissova was axed after a series of provocative photos appeared in the September issue of the Austrian men's fashion and lifestyle magazine Wiener.

A statement said she had already been reprimanded in May for nude shots taken in the opera house without permission and published in Penthouse.