Danciest Movies Of 2018

Dance Magazine – Dance in Pop Culture  Courtney Escoyne Jan. 29, 2018  From JLaw to Ralph Fiennes, Here Are the Danciest Movies in the Works for 2018 Oh, Hollywood. In any given year, Tinseltown’s use of dance in film veers from the woefully disappointing to the surprisingly delightful, but one […]

Anna Pavlova Gala Review 2012

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Anna Pavlova gala: Seven magazine review, by Louise Levene Seven rating: * * * * Just when you worry that Sergei Polunin might have been oversold, you see him dance again and realise it was all true. Even in the ultra-starry company of last Sunday’s gala in memory of Anna […]

Sergei Plays Yuri Soloviev In White Crow

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In the upcoming biopic “White Crow” Sergei Polunin has been cast as Yuri Soloviev.  The Ralph Fiennes film is based on the defection chapter of legendary ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev’s life.  At first, I thought Sergei should play Nureyev.  The physique, the brooding good looks… it seemed like a given.  However, […]

Sometimes They’re Blue…

“He had these eyes. They were blue and they looked bluer because he had a dark head of hair. Soulful, and in some way; they seemed to say things that I knew he’s probably never said out loud.”  – Audrey Bell “People with blue eyes are kind-hearted and always look for […]

Sergei’s Swan Swims

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“And The Swan Is Swimming” Belcanto.ru  Ekaterina Belyaeva, 11.10.2012 The ballet season at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater opened on September 29 with Swan Lake.  Vladimir Burmeister’s version. Apart from the fact that it is a cult spectacle for the theater and, in general, a cult Russian ballet, plus the highest-grossing […]

Sergei Helps Make A Ballerina 2018

Need To Turn A Hollywood Star Into a Ballerina? Call Kurt Froman By Jennifer Stahl for Dance Magazine February 2018  How does someone go from a New York City Ballet corps member to training Hollywood A-listers like Natalie Portman, Rooney Mara and Jennifer Lawrence? By getting injured, says Kurt Froman. […]

It’s Elemental!

Earth, Air, Fire, Water… and Sergei!! “Elemental” Sergei Polunin / Сергей Полунин Earth – La Bayadere Air – Sleeping Beauty Fire – Marguerite & Armand Water – Sleeping Beauty Music: “The Long Story” by Damiano Baldoni with permission under license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… Please subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PamBoehmeSimon For additional […]

Sergei Upstages Everyone In Balanchine’s 2010 T&V

Royal Ballet Mixed Bill – A Review 3/5stars      Royal Opera House, London Judith Mackrell Sun 17 Oct 2010   Two ballets about separation dominate the Royal’s latest mixed bill – Kim Brandstrup’s Invitus Invitam and MacMillan’s Winter Dreams. Each of them has a pair of tragic lovers at its […]

Sergei & Manon, 2011

Manon, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Review Lauren Cuthbertson makes her mark in her debut performance of Manon at the Royal Opera House. By Sarah Crompton 10 Nov 2011 In 2009 the Royal Ballet principal Lauren Cuthbertson was diagnosed with glandular fever, which turned into agonisingly debilitating ME and […]

Sergei Goes To Cuba 2009

The Royal Ballet in Cuba A Memorable Dance Event By: Pedro Quiroga Jimenez / Photos by Ismael Francisco and Royal Ballet Archives, on: Theatre & Performing Arts May 2009 The Cuban public’s expectations were more than satisfied in July with the London Royal Ballet’s five memorable performances notable for choreographic diversity […]

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