Jan McNulty Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Sergei Polunin has collaborated with Hozier on the video of his new single "Movement" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSye8OO5TkM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 What was that about charisma? Coming off him in bucket loads. Absolutely loved it. Come back to ballet, Sergei. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I didn’t watch because I want him so much to come back to where he belongs. Isn’t he the same age as Vadream? Temperament has much to answer for where both this young men are today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Worth having a look. Music is good and Sergei is hypnotic. I keep playing it...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I just have. It isn’t grabbing me the way “Take Me to Church” did. I can watch that on repeat! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucinda Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I agree Fiz. He's wearing too many clothes in this video and his jacket detracts from his amazing synchronicity with the music. I remember reading something about why male ballet dancers wear dance belts. It was to the effect that when the music stopped every part of the dancers body should stop too! The video for 'Take Me to Church' is mesmerising to me because it's a perfect combination of Sergei's artistry and Hozier as a musician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I luv the fact that everything in this video is wrong - grunge backdrop, everyday clothes - but that the power of the music and Sergei’s instinctive response to it is fabulous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) Bavarian Staatsballet 20 January 2019 RAYMONDA Raymonda - Ksenia Ryzhkova Graf Jean de Brienne - Sergei Polunin https://www.staatsoper.de/en/staatsballett/productioninfo/raymonda/2018-10-10-19-30.html Edited November 16, 2018 by Amelia the link is added 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) Polunin has got a new tattoo .... See here. Speaks for itself really. Edited November 25, 2018 by Bruce Wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Please G this is photoshop or he’s hiding a big I hate just below... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blossom Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 He really is a lost cause. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauxArts Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Polunin has given an interview recently in which he says that he intends to rent a flat in Moscow and to start en educational programme in schools to teach ballet in a ‘positive way’. He compèred a gala this Summer in the Crimea, arranged by Zelensky and attended by Putin, and there is a big project afoot to build a ballet school and performing arts centre there: I am sure all these events, including the tattoo, are entirely unconnected ...😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Sigh...I read what he wrote on Instagram. Not good. I know one should keep art away from politics but in this case, I’m going to keep away from this particular artist in future. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 I am more and more getting the impression that he doesn't really believe in anything other than his own craving to be in the limelight. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ng Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Another fashion shoot. https://www.thefashionisto.com/editorial/sergei-polunin-2018-esquire-uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko.A Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Sorry if somebody has already mentioned this... He is in a new Disney film, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, featured with Misty Copeland in the dance scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Tomoko.A said: Sorry if somebody has already mentioned this... He is in a new Disney film, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, featured with Misty Copeland in the dance scene. for literally a few seconds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauxArts Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) That is true for all of his cinematic ventures to date (other than Dancer, of course). He has certainly extracted the maximum from these appearances though, in terms of media exposure. Edited December 3, 2018 by BeauxArts correcting an error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 By the way: Sergei Polunin is still dancing - and I have never regretted attending one of his performances in Munich. Here a quotation of the latest information by the Staatsballett: "Sergei Polunin will return as Jean de Brienne in Ray Barra’s Raymonda on 19 and 20 January 2019. The online, phone and box office sales has already started. For tickets please check the production website here. Sergei Polunin will also be dancing the title role in Yuri Grigorovich’s Spartacus on 25 March 2019. Written ticket applications are already possible. These bookings will be processed starting 22 December 2018. To hand in a written booking please click here. The online, phone and box office sales start on 25 January 2019. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Oberon said: Sergei Polunin will also be dancing the title role in Yuri Grigorovich’s Spartacus on 25 March 2019. In many of the Spartacus costumes you will see the tattoo - I should go just to hear the reactions of the audience at the Munich Nationaltheater when they recognize Putin on the breast of a slave in ancient Rome... 😨😱 Or will he tape it? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmeralda Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 26 minutes ago, Angela said: In many of the Spartacus costumes you will see the tattoo - I should go just to hear the reactions of the audience at the Munich Nationaltheater when they recognize Putin on the breast of a slave in ancient Rome... 😨😱 Or will he tape it? Now you gave me an idea, this would definitely be interesting🙊🙈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 It's chest, not breast, isn't it? 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Breast sounds more poetical, chest more medical! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Angela said: It's chest, not breast, isn't it? 🙄 https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-chest-and-breast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annafranklin Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 On 25/11/2018 at 10:00, Bruce Wall said: Polunin has got a new tattoo .... See here. Speaks for itself really. I greatly respect Polunin who is brave enough to speak out on issues he believes in. Art has always been connected to politics and art to sits politely on the sidelines and does not speak out is a dead art. Besides Polunin and lived and worked in UK, Russia and Ukraine and experienced all three countries personally and in depth so who better to give opinions on the current situation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, annafranklin said: On 25th November I did make the first posting. That is the last and ONLY posting I made in the strand that day. I made NO other comment. Indeed I have made NO other comment since that first posting. I am distressed that the second item appears under my name as - as far as I am aware - I did NOT write it. Indeed cannot find it. I would not - as far as I am aware - have written it - certainly in the current context. Please can I have a public explanation. I am MOST troubled by this. AS I CANNOT EDIT OR REMOVE MY OWN COMMENT - LET ME TELL ANYONE READING THIS THAT THE COMMENT MADE BY ANNAFRANKLIN ABOVE WAS ORIGINALLY QUOTED UNDER MY NAME. IT WAS KINDLY REMOVED FROM MY ASSOCIATION BY A MODERATOR MINUTES LATER AND PUT UNDER ITS OWN AUTHOR'S CREDIT. Edited December 6, 2018 by Bruce Wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 10 minutes ago, Bruce Wall said: On 25th November I did make the first posting. That is the last and ONLY posting I made in the strand that day. I made NO other comment. Indeed I have made NO other comment since that first posting. I am distressed that the second item appears under my name as - as far as I am aware - I did NOT write it. Indeed cannot find it. I would not - as far as I am aware - have written it - certainlky in the current context. Please can I have a public explanation. I am MOST troubled by this. I have fixed this I assume this was a simple error by the poster in using the forum software. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 1 hour ago, annafranklin said: I greatly respect Polunin who is brave enough to speak out on issues he believes in. Art has always been connected to politics and art to sits politely on the sidelines and does not speak out is a dead art. Besides Polunin and lived and worked in UK, Russia and Ukraine and experienced all three countries personally and in depth so who better to give opinions on the current situation. I'm just not sure if I want to be forced to think about today's politics during Giselle or Spartacus because I see a politician's face on a dancer. Speaking out as an artist off stage is different from showing symbols in a performance that was once created by another artist. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Presumably this tattoo, like others, will be hidden/covered when he performs (unless it's some sort of political or personal work where the tattoo is deemed to be relevant). Otherwise his career as a dancer will become untenable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I know that very well, bridiem, but you know that tattoos tend to appear during a performance if they are only covered by make-up. Faroukh Ruzimatov taped the tattoos on his arms, the few times I saw Polunin he only used make-up, on the hands for example. I have no problems with tattoos, they are okay for me in modern works, but I don't want to see them in classical ballets - I vividly remember Aurora's mother with a small tattooed rose in her décolleté: it distracts, it makes you laugh. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I personally can't stand tattoos, and I certainly don't want to see them on my classical princes! I know that Polunin can hide his body tatts with clothes, but how about the ones on his hands and neck? I know you can use cover makeup, but doesn't that run with sweat? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annafranklin Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I think I posted my comment under the wrong button. Anyway I do respect Polunin and that he is brave enough to stand up for what he believes in. About the tattoos I read an interview where he said that during performances his tattoos are covered with make-up although it sometimes rubs off on the costumes which his partners are not always very happy about 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 4 hours ago, annafranklin said: I think I posted my comment under the wrong button. Anyway I do respect Polunin and that he is brave enough to stand up for what he believes in. About the tattoos I read an interview where he said that during performances his tattoos are covered with make-up although it sometimes rubs off on the costumes which his partners are not always very happy about Brave? Brave enough? For what exactly? His tattoos have only one function which is to draw attention and comment. This is the oxygen which Polunin needs for his existence. He is, as they say, quickly becoming famous for being famous. No serious classical dancer can immerse themselves in a role whilst their body bears a picture of somebody who didn't even exist when the work being performed was created by ...yes, another artiste. Utter disrespect - for his body, his art and the workof the original creator. Oh, and lets not forget his talent which he has squandered remorselessly. Polunin is now little more than a caricature. If this is what makes him happy, then more power to him, but pretending that he is some brave campaigner using his art to highlight... what exactly... is simply ludicrous. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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