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Another Man

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This article appeared in the MARCH 15, 2018 issue of Another Man magazine. “RUSSIAN PRODIGY Sergei Polunin HAD SOARED TO THE SCORCHING HEAVENS OF BALLET. BUT, TORMENTED BY ITS SUFFOCATING STRICTURES, HE WALKED AWAY FROM THE WORLD OF DANCE AGED JUST 24. NOW, WITH DEMONS FINALLY CONQUERED AND HIS SIGHTS […]

1000 Degrees Of Sergei

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1000 Degrees Of Sergei As some of you know, I find the relationship between dance and music fascinating.  By simply changing the music, identical steps and choreography take on a completely different nature.  It is so much fun to discover the differences the music can make in the tone, the […]

Entertainer Sergei Polunin!

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Entertainer Sergei Polunin? YES! It’s a given that Sergei Polunin will go down in history as a ballet legend.  However, given his vast talents, he will surely be remembered as a superlative entertainer as well.  With the face of an angel and the body of a god, Polunin could not […]

Sergei Polunin, Graceful Beast YouTube Channel

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Sergei Polunin Graceful Beast YouTube Channel This site, Sergei Polunin, Graceful Beast, is run by me, Pam Boehme Simon.  I also have a YouTube channel dedicated to Sergei Polunin, and other ballet dancers.  If you’d like to view the world’s largest collection of Sergei videos all in one place, and […]

Royal’s Romeo And Juliet 2011

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12,000 pack in to see Royal Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet debut at the O2 Royal’s Romeo and Juliet at London’s O2 arena was a gamble that paid off, finds Louise Levene. By Louise Levene 9:00PM BST 18 Jun 2011 Covent Garden it ain’t. The crowd is six times the size […]

Bad Boy Days Are Behind Him

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SERGEI POLUNIN TELLS US WHY HIS BAD BOYS DAYS ARE BEHIND HIM Published on 06 November 2017 by LILY SILVERTON Bad boy days? Not so bad at all… Sergei Polunin, the media’s purported “Bad Boy of Ballet”, doesn’t seem so bad at all. We’re sipping water in the velvet-clad anonymity of […]

24 Hours With Sergei

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24 hours with Sergei Polunin 24 hours… Long days that stretch into the night.  Class, rehearsal, fittings, makeup, performance.  Wash, rinse, repeat.  That is the life of a company dancer.  Follow along.  If you have the energy… Sergei Polunin / Сергей Полунин “Early Bird / Night Owl” See behind the […]

Dancer: The Outtakes

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Julie Kavanaugh goes behind the scenes of a documentary recording the life of Sergei Polunin. By Julie Kavanaugh For Dancing Times, March 2017 issue   An idea is born In September 2012, I was approached by the Dutch documentary director Aliona van der Horst.  She’d read a long article I […]

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’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 […]

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