MAX Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Dansomanie announces Serguei Polunin as a guest for the next run of Swan Lake in Paris ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stucha Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 ??? indeed. I can't see anything to that effect ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I also saw a list of the casting on Dansomanie which included Polonin's name, but it now seems to have disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jane S said: I also saw a list of the casting on Dansomanie which included Polonin's name, but it now seems to have disappeared. Why I wonder am I not entirely surprised. ..... Catch Germain Louvet if you can. He's a fine dancer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 Yes they removed the list a few hours after they posted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandra Newman Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 He probably first said yes... but changed his mind (?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Perhaps he is now making himself available as a 'bump up ticket sales' device? Now you see it (buy a ticket), now you don't! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
now voyager Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 He seems to be back on, according to a Tweet from Ariane Bavalier (a French dance critic). And he has reappeared in recent posts on dansomanie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 POB Coryphee Adrien Couvez (and probably many others) is not happy with this: "Really, Opera de Paris, inviting a guy like this to Paris in 2019, it's just impossible. Our company promotes values of respect and tolerance! This man has no business being among us." 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I think the run is already sold out I have looked several times and it's been sold out every time so no need to bolster sales with Polunin. Yes I have seen his recent homophobic etc rant on Twitter some very upset dancers out there not least the Trocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHazell2 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Don Q Fan said: I think the run is already sold out I have looked several times and it's been sold out every time so no need to bolster sales with Polunin. Yes I have seen his recent homophobic etc rant on Twitter some very upset dancers out there not least the Trocks. I can't understand it and being gay myself - I find myself upset and to be honest - angry with Mr Polunin. I used to have a lot of time for him - I felt sorry for him and willing to see his point of view - I believe in live and let live and I wished him well. I wonder why he has become so intolerant? But there is no room for hating people for no reason in my book - and there is quite enough of that about these days. Edited January 10, 2019 by CHazell2 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saodan Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Edit: second thoughts. I don't want to be the one to report on Polunin's other comments, this is dance forum. His social media is public if you want to know. Edited January 11, 2019 by Saodan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Not just homophobic, but the very stupidest kind of sexism, and a very childish rant: rude, vulgar, disrespectful to everybody and complete tripe into the bargain. If that's being a 'wolf man' and a tiger man or whatever nonsense , you can keep it Sergei. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I really do wonder if there is any need to promote Mr Polunin on Ballet Co Forum anymore? He is no longer a full time dancer and neither, it seems, is he a nice person. I’ll get my coat.. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I can't find it now to provide a link but, yesterday evening, I saw a Tweet from a male POB dancer expressing some disgust at the decision to invite Mr Polunin to dance with the Company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, Ian Macmillan said: I can't find it now to provide a link but, yesterday evening, I saw a Tweet from a male POB dancer expressing some disgust at the decision to invite Mr Polunin to dance with the Company. Isn't this toursenloir’s post above? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 If you look at famous figures in the arts and culture, whether centuries ago or recent, many of them are not very nice human beings (understatement). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Pas de Quatre said: If you look at famous figures in the arts and culture, whether centuries ago or recent, many of them are not very nice human beings (understatement). That's a fair point, but I'd consider it progress if people no longer put up with it, especially in a "team sport" like ballet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I think Mr. Polunin has drunk some of Putin's Kool-Aid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 sergeipolunin (today on instagram) Have suggestion let’s slap fat people when you see them it will help them and encourage them to loose some fat. No respect for laziness. Stop sitting on your ass and start exercising. Do you see lions or Lioness being fat??? It’s not healthy it’s ugly It’s Lazy. Stop waisting food get your ass up go to nature and start exercising or get slapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Really? Has he actually posted this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 Yes it seems so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colman Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Yes he has. This isn’t going to end well. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Somebody has a very weird obsession with lions, and apparently very little understanding of his fellow human beings. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colman Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, RuthE said: Somebody has a very weird obsession with lions, and apparently very little understanding of his fellow human beings. Or lions. Or wolves. Neither species actually works like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Very true!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Colman said: Yes he has. This isn’t going to end well. This is beginning to feel a bit like voyeurism Time for me to stop paying him any notice, I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletyas Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I can’t help wondering if someone else has taken over his account or - and this is a more worrying thought - does he just do it for the publicity?? I just find these posts so different from his old style / his English has got worse for starters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Well... if someone else has taken over his official account he should be quicker than that to react ! Even Ludmila Pagliero one of the étoile of POB wrote a message yesterday on her instagram yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandra Newman Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I don't believe anyone has taken over his account (if so he would have acted immediatly which he didn't!). It is all very much in line with his previous deluded, immature (frankly dumb) tweets and posts. He should not be given any further attention and POB should cancel his guesting. He is a total disgrace! To tattoo Putin on his chest....really?? For POB, or any other company, to allow him to guest is to approve of all he stands for, all he says and has said. It is people like Polunin who fuel hatred, intolerance and racism through their social media accounts. Who does he think he is? I have NO respect for him whatsoever, I don't even feel sorry for him. PS. When not so long ago the RB generously offered him a "2nd chance" (Marguerite&Armand) and announced it on the ROH website, he arrogantly walked out of the arrangement to perform. It seems as if he is playing a game with them all: "yes I'll guest....no I won't perform..." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toria Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) I think someone used to run his social media accounts for him over the last couple of years. Something about the way things were phrased made me feel like it wasn’t really him. I run the social media for the company I work at and Polunin’s updates tended to have the same odd formality that I end up using when posting about events I wasn’t actually at! So I could be wrong but I think it seems like this is him taking back control over his accounts. It would explain why his English has gotten worse. Edited January 12, 2019 by Toria 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 On a more serious note, these homophobic rants will not endear him to future audiences which will make financial backers of his shows somewhat nervous. i have long thought the only thing Sergei cares about is publicity which seems like a drug for him. Is it possible thatPutin, who knows Polunin has/had a following in the West, has given him financial backing? It is hard to see how he makes much of a living with his guest appearances and, increasingly, these will dry up as he loses appeal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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