Sim Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I'm confused....the account was hacked but the postings were his?? That still makes him the one who posted them, not a hacker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Douglas Allen said: Go on, Sim, go on! Ha ha I'm a moderator, Douglas....I have to set a good example and keep the tone raised inasmuch as is possible!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Just now, Sim said: I'm confused....the account was hacked but the postings were his?? That still makes him the one who posted them, not a hacker! The account was hacked and all postings deleted. What was there before (the controversial posts) were his. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Yeah right......but thanks for the clarification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalia Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Sim said: Yeah right...... As he seems to be standing by the content of his posts, I’m not sure that he’d bother hacking his own account. He’s that arrogant. And there were plenty of irate people who may have taken on the challenge. Either way - the posts were his and he’s certainly not denying them. I think some people may have been hoping against hope that it wasn’t him... I don’t know why some of the above is in larger font... 🤪 Edited January 23, 2019 by Thalia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Scheherezade said: Lowering the tone somewhat, I know, but what about his poor girlfriends? Having to gaze at Putin's face must be such a joy during those intimate moments. Oh my god, I have just choked on my tea! That is so funny. Perhaps that's what he means by 'getting into bed with Putin?' Edited January 23, 2019 by penelopesimpson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChMeBa Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I've seen him in Giselle and Spartacus in Munich and found him as a dancer and artist totally overrated. But since the Zelensky takeover the Munich audience seem to cheer everything and everyone indiscriminately. I'll be attending Spartacus in April and hope fervently not to see him there. I won't know how to boo him and cheer for the rest. Just sorry that he's getting such a lot of attention and other dancers deserving more don't get it. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 43 minutes ago, ChMeBa said: Just sorry that he's getting such a lot of attention and other dancers deserving more don't get it. ............... and wondering how the lovely Laurretta Summerscales, who is one of the most humane and considerate souls, really feels about having to accompany Polunin on his curtain calls? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, penelopesimpson said: Oh my god, I have just choked on my tea! That is so funny. Perhaps that's what he means by 'getting into bed with Putin?' Purleese, Penelope, that is an image that I would rather not think about too deeply! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Douglas Allen said: Go on, Sim, go on! I'm with you there, Douglas! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 From what I can see, the Bavarian State Ballet has not added another press release on their web site following on from the statement dated 17 January 2019. They have updated the web site to confirm that Polunin will dance in Spartacus on 25 March 2019 https://www.staatsoper.de/en/your-visit/aktuelles/meldung/news/kommende-gastauftritte.html?no_cache=1&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=7172bab216e74aacf7728d2af12cb823 There’s another article in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung though that reports on a statement made by the company yesterday in relation to the issue https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/staatsoper-polunin-darf-weiter-tanzen-1.4298132 and via Google translate (I haven't used this tool before so I hope that both link and translation work as intended) https://translate.google.de/translate?hl=&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sueddeutsche.de%2Fmuenchen%2Fstaatsoper-polunin-darf-weiter-tanzen-1.4298132&sandbox=1 I had stopped following Polunin quite some time ago and only started to read this thread again when the discussions about him dancing in Paris and now in Munich started a few weeks ago. Just as a lot of posters here, I am shocked by his latest tattoo and his recent controversial statements on Instagram. What also caught my attention in the current situation was how the organisations that cast him have reacted in response to his actions and the ensuing discussions. POB announcing him well after the tattoo and the posts on Instagram became public, and then withdrawing their invitation shortly afterwards, it seemed to me, following a public outcry. Munich, what can I say. There’s been a lot of discussion about the content of the statement dated 17 January 2019. The company had also issued an earlier shorter statement which seems to have disappeared from their web site since (I remember reading it at some stage last Thursday, probably at around lunchtime). Posters on dansomanie discussed this earlier version last Thursday, and one of them also provided a translation into English http://www.forum-dansomanie.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3496&start=375&sid=6d671cca90b27a34306cb4085ccb12e0. An article by the Bavarian Radio last Thursday also reported on the earlier statement https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/bayerisches-staatsballett-haelt-an-tanz-star-sergei-polunin-fest,RFPPSDb - and again using Google translate (the layout of the page in the translation looks a bit odd on my laptop, I don’t hope it will affect the translation) https://translate.google.de/translate?hl=&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.br.de%2Fnachrichten%2Fkultur%2Fbayerisches-staatsballett-haelt-an-tanz-star-sergei-polunin-fest%2CRFPPSDb&sandbox=1 If I read the statement dated 17 January 2019 with unease, I found the earlier version even more dreadful. Adding to that the contents of the newest article in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the organisation has been going through an internal discussion process, and it'll be interesting to see whether there'll be further announcements following the internal company meeting that the article refers to. The outcome of all that so far leaves me hugely dissatisfied though. I hadn’t found the programming in Munich particularly interesting anyway, I guess the newest developments just confirm that I won’t be missing anything there. @ ChMeBa – if the performance of Spartacus that you’ll be attending in April is the one on Apr 1, you’ll be seeing Vladimir Shklyarov :-) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Now THERE is a wonderful dancer and, it seems, a very nice chap who always has time for his fans. Thanks for the links, Duck. I will have a read tomorrow. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 There's a new statement by the Bavarian State Ballet on their web site https://www.staatsoper.de/presse/presseinformationen/presse-infos-ballett/mitteilung/news/presseerklaerung-ergaenzung-zur-personalie-sergei-polunin.html?no_cache=1&tx_news_pi1[controller]=News&tx_news_pi1[action]=detail&cHash=174e87ec643f17759ecc72ec0289ba6e and via Google translate https://translate.google.de/translate?hl=&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.staatsoper.de%2Fpresse%2Fpresseinformationen%2Fpresse-infos-ballett%2Fmitteilung%2Fnews%2Fpresseerklaerung-ergaenzung-zur-personalie-sergei-polunin.html%3Fno_cache%3D1%26tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D%3DNews%26tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D%3Ddetail%26cHash%3D174e87ec643f17759ecc72ec0289ba6e&sandbox=1 I find the last sentence of the second paragraph interesting as this reads as if they genuinely hadn't had the policies and procedures in place to deal with the recent issue (I would have thought that this was a given but maybe I am expecting too much? Not sure how other large-scale cultural organisations are set up in this respect?) and that instead, they did indeed encounter a range of diverging opinions within the organisation (as referred to in the statement dated 17 January 2019 - "For days now we have been talking to one another"). This would then also explain the change from the initial statement (which is no longer on their web site) to the version dated 17 January 2019. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Hopefully the audiences will vote with their feet... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 The audience voted indeed: booking for Spartacus with Sergei Polunin (25. 3. in Munich) started today, nearly sold out in one hour. The Nationaltheater has approximately 2000 places... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Sigh...”...ain’t no thing as bad publicity...” or however that old adage goes.. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauxArts Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) Another day, another interview: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ru&sp=nmt4&u=https://inosmi.ru/culture/20190204/244501613.html&xid=17259,15700002,15700021,15700186,15700190,15700248&usg=ALkJrhiWstM4C9gUqub9WXyThkng-gdTNw This is a link via a Russian site as the original article is behind a paywall. If you cut and paste the long link into your browser you should hopefully have access to the interview in English. Edited February 4, 2019 by BeauxArts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Heavens - he’s seriously messed up! (...I wanted to use the f word but wasn’t sure...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 50 minutes ago, Vanartus said: Heavens - he’s seriously messed up! (...I wanted to use the f word but wasn’t sure...) I am glad you didn’t because your post would have been hidden immediately! 😱 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandra Newman Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 As he's back on Instagram some new, very disturbing messages were posted last week and some comments questioned whether he had joined a sect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colman Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 7 hours ago, Sim said: I am glad you didn’t because your post would have been hidden immediately! 😱 In this case I think the appropriateness of the usage would have been unquestionable. Whooooooeeeeeeee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 ...............and he's looking so old now, as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 49 minutes ago, Colman said: In this case I think the appropriateness of the usage would have been unquestionable. Whooooooeeeeeeee. Maybe so, but no swearing 🤬 is allowed on the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 43 minutes ago, capybara said: ...............and he's looking so old now, as well. Yes he is. Such a shame what he has done to himself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalletcoForum Moderators Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 A post on this thread has been hidden whilst the moderators determine whether it complies with AUP. A subsequent post referring to the hidden post has also been hidden. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Damn - I was rather looking forward to seeing the leather harness jiggle dance again!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 From Johan Kobborg's Twitter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Sigh...ah well...don’t what to say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I don’t get this. What is Kobborg saying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 11 minutes ago, penelopesimpson said: I don’t get this. What is Kobborg saying? It’s an ad for Kobborg’s Romeo & Juliet with Polunin & Cojocaru in Verona. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 If you tap/double click on the picture it will take you to the Twitter post that shows the whole photo with details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Doesn't show any details when I click on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 26 August 2019, Arena di Verona "ROMEO & JULIET" Choreography: Johan Kobborg Cast: Romeo: Sergei Polunin Juliet: Alina Cojocaru Tybalt: Johan Kobborg https://www.instagram.com/p/BwRldZsApDA/ Tickets: https://www.ticketone.it/sergei-polunin-romeo-e-giuli.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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