Polunin Debuts Royal Bayadere 2009
Polunin debuts Royal Bayadere 2009 and presented below are two reviews of his jaw-dropping performance as “Solor.” “La Bayadère” Royal Ballet Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 28 January, 2009 Review #1, from The Guardian… by Judith Cruickshank, posted on February 2, 2009 Following a seemingly interminable run of ‘The Nutcracker’, the […]
Itinerant Balletomane Reviews Young Sergei
Itinerant Balletomane reviews young Sergei and the veteran blogger is blown away Saturday, June 22, 2013 Sergei Polunin at the Stanislavsky Theater I am completely starstruck. Last week I saw Sergei Polunin perform twice with the Stanislavsky Theater – first as Basil in Don Quixote and then as the Prince in Swan Lake. I’ve […]
Polunin “Miracle” in Ashton with Ananiashvili
Polunin Miracle in Ashton ballet with Nina Ananiashvili Excerpts from a November 2015 review by Tatiana Kuznetsova Frederick Ashton’s increasing popularity in Russia is shown in a new triple bill at the Stanislavsky Ballet, directed by Igor Zelensky, and starring Sergei Polunin in Rhapsody and Marguerite and Armand with Nina Ananiashvili. Tatiana Kuznetsova of Kommersant was swept […]
Ralph Fiennes Presents To Berlin Buyers
Ralph Fiennes Presents Rudolf Nureyev Movie ‘The White Crow’ to Berlin Buyers (EXCLUSIVE) By Leo Barraclough CREDIT: COURTESY OF HANWAY Ralph Fiennes is in Berlin Thursday to present first footage to buyers from his latest directorial venture, “The White Crow,” which HanWay is selling at the European Film Market. Fiennes spoke to Variety about […]
Sergei Plays Yuri Soloviev In White Crow
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, […]
2013 BBC Radio 4 Interview with Sergei
BBC Radio 4 Front Row’s John Wilson interviews ballet superstar Sergei Polunin BBC Radio 4 Interview from 2013 with ballet dancer Sergei Polunin backstage before Coppelia at the London Coliseum marking a return one of his first returns since leaving the Royal Ballet. Interviewer: John Wilson Sergei Polunin is a […]
“The Cheek Of It” A Telegraph article from 2012
Sergei Polunin: the ballet cheek of it The shock departure of the Royal Ballet’s young star has rocked the company. By Louise Levene 8:43PM GMT 25 Jan 2012 Where were you when you heard that Sergei Polunin had left the Royal Ballet? I was just about to take my seat at […]
Very Detailed Article of the “Departure” 2012
The Economist | 1843 | The Economist Unwinds COVER STORY A DANCER’S DEMONS Why did Sergei Polunin walk out on a golden career with the Royal Ballet? Julie Kavanagh goes to Kiev and Moscow to talk to him, his parents and his mentors JULIE KAVANAGH | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2012 ON JANUARY 24TH this year […]
Parties, Tattoos, Depression, Dance.
Parties, tattoos, depression, dance: the film “Dancer” about Sergei Polunin Text: NASTYA POLETAEVA for Blueprint May 18, 2016 Sergei Polunin, compared with Baryshnikov, called the new Nureyev, and on the impact on the fans, he can compete with Louis Garrel. Today the film company “Pioneer” releases a tape “Dancer”, telling […]
Prince Of Ballet, Sergei Polunin
For EuroNews by Elena Karaeva 25/10/2016 Sergei Polunin picked up the crown of the ballet prince many years after she fell out of the weakening hands of the dying Nureyev. Like the legendary defector, completely changing the classical ballet for several decades ahead, Polunin reluctantly fits into the framework of the troupe […]