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Sergei Underwater

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Beauty In The Deep Lorenzo Agius photographs the “bad boy of ballet” underwater July 2017 | Written by Rachel Segal Hamilton An underwater shoot had been on Lorenzo Agius’ to-do list for some time, but the right moment had never come up. Until he had the chance to photograph Sergei Polunin […]

Sergei Polunin Dances Ashanti Development Galas

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What is the Ashanti Development? In 2005, a few natives of Ghana who were residing in London at the time felt the need to help the people who still lived in their home villages in Africa. They approached their British friends and neighbors for help. Thus, the Ashanti Development Organization […]

Lucky Ballerinas

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Lucky ballerinas? Or, are they… Brief bit of ballet background Ballet originated in the early 1600’s. For the first 75 years or so, it was Men Only. Women weren’t allowed. If a role called for a female, it was danced by a man. Once accepted, however, the woman quickly became […]

Being Spartacus

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Spartacus, a ballet in three acts by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, is known for its lively rhythms and strong energy. It was premiered by the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in 1956, and its revised form was debuted in 1968 by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. Watch the […]

Sergei Surprises Guests

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Sergei surprises guests? Stuns would be more like it… Unbeknownst to the host of bigwigs, celebrities, and other guests at a Milan’s 2016 Fashion Week show, Sergei Polunin / Сергей Полунин was about to bring down the house. Beauty, power, angst… it was glorious. Living, breathing, moving sculpture… About Sergei […]

Huge Ballet Jumps!

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Huge ballet jumps is right. This is a video featuring Sergei Polunin in “Le Corsaire” and showcasing his incredible elevation and incredulous ballet leaps. His “signature” leap, the 540 Rivoltade is nothing short of spectacular. Scroll down for video. Watch “Huge Ballet Jumps! here. This video originally posted in November […]

If You Fall, I Will Catch You

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If you fall I will catch you… a beautiful sentiment, a beautiful promise. What more can two people do for each other than to simply be there. This video was created in January 2018 by Pam Boehme Simon. In my ongoing effort to catalog and preserve all things “Sergei” it […]

2013 OK! Magazine Article

He had an amazing fate. At the age of 19, Sergei Polunin, a native of Kherson, became a principal with the Royal Ballet of London. One can only dream of such a swift and brilliant career.  But at 21, unexpectedly for everyone, Polunin left the theater to start his life practically from […]

His Nature

“A man’s power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature Music: “Nature Boy” performed by Aurora, written […]

Pam Finally Sees Sergei Dance

After years of editing pixels, cutting music, creating videos, Pam Boehme Simon gets to see him in real life. Pam finally sees Sergei dance! Pam Finally Sees Sergei Dance I hesitate to start writing anything at all, as no mere words will do justice. But I’m gonna try. First, the […]

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