sandik Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Oh yes. My least favorite ballet of all time is set to a piece of classical music, albeit a short piece. Not short enough. Well, you know what Doris Humphrey said. "All dances are too long." Link to comment
Helene Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 My least favorite ballet of all time was set to Mahler's Third Symphony, which runs over 1.5 hours. To add salt to the wound, it was danced to a recording that would have sounded better on any mp3 player with earbuds. I wonder if it is technologically possible and feasible to transmit recorded sound in a theater to people's phones. Link to comment
Daisypop84 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Love the "Take me to Church" video. Which led me to find out more about Sergei Polunin, which led me to here He definitely has some serious sex appeal going on. My question is why doesn't he have a twitter, Instagram, FB or website?!? Wth?!? Link to comment
Helene Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Polunin marches to his own drum. Link to comment
Daisypop84 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I was reading an article and it stated something about a documentary that was made of him? Was that ever made? I totally don't get this Mickey Rourke thing?!? (Didn't he beat his wife and all that god awful plastic surgery) http://www.ismeneb.com/Blog/Entries/2014/12/24_Polunin_explains_his_indecision.html http://izvestia.ru/news/580947 Link to comment
Helene Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 He was quite clear that he is interested in Rourke as an actor and how Rourke makes him feel when he watches Rourke on film.According to IMDB, an 11-minute documentary has a 2014 date: http://imdb.com/title/tt3413114/ Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Polunin will replace David Hallberg as Natalia Osipova's partner in Giselle at La Scala on April 10 and 11. http://www.teatroallascala.org/en/season/opera-ballet/2014-2015/giselle.html Link to comment
Tapfan Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I thought he'd retired as a professional classical dancer and was focused on becoming an actor. If he's fallen out of love with ballet, how good can he continue to be? He has stage presence and loads of charisma. I was looking forward to seeing him try his hand at acting. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Yup, that's a good question, because based on the famous "Take Me to Church" video Judith Mackrell had concluded that he wasn't in peak condition. P.S. I rather like the parody with the guy dancing around in his garage. Link to comment
Drew Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Very interesting and gifted person Polunin...but I wouldn't put money on anything he says about himself or his career. Within weeks--or was it days?--of announcing he was done with classical ballet, he turned up dancing big roles in Novosibirsk. Link to comment
kbarber Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 The documentary about Polunin, Dancer, is in post-production, and they have posted this outtake of a Marguerite and Armand rehearsal with Polunin and Rojo: https://youtu.be/USnje8tSovE There is a facebook page for the film: https://www.facebook.com/DancerTheFilm?fref=ts Link to comment
Helene Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Polunin worked with Russian Pairs skaters Stolbova and Klimov, the Olympic silver medallists in Sochi, on this season's Free Skate, according to this interview in the Russian press: http://fsrussia.ru/intervyu/1207-kseniya-stolbova-ne-khochu-chtoby-krasnaya-mashina-ostanavlivalas.html (I used bing translator: https://www.bing.com/translator/) Link to comment
Helene Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Not that it is at all surprising that a male dancer from Ukraine with Russian training would be welcomed with open arms by a Western school -- particularly one whose reputation as a feeder of great talent into its main company was diminished -- and whose prodigious talent was so obvious I recognized it as he tendued back behind his prologue fairy partner in "Sleeping Beauty," and that a 5'6" American female dancer would not be embraced by a Russian company with more prodigious talent than it could cast, but to imply that Polunin, described as having spent twice as much time as his schoolmates in the studio because he wasn't in regular school as well, somehow had everything handed to him as if he hadn't done the work or had talent she can only dream of while poor she isn't a star at the Bolshoi is on the delusional side. News alert: men have an easier time being recognized for their work and talent than women in ballet. News alert: the West embraces dancers from the East as company members while the East doesn't embrace Western dancers. News alert: every year someone graduated at the top of his or her class, but that isn't a guarantee of anything except, usually, an offer for a corps position, joining other first-in-one's-class corps members. This was the reality she chose, as Polunin pointed out. A "Spiegel" online article on their opposite journeys: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/the-story-of-ballet-dancers-sergei-polunin-and-joy-womack-a-1059837.html 99 lb target weight for a 5'6" ballerina... Link to comment
Swanilda8 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 One of the things I always admire about Polunin is that he always finds a way to talk about the generally unfair conditions for ballet dancers. He never makes it a story about his own personal hardships - as easy as that would be to do since he's obviously had many. He comes off sounding very intelligent and savvy. I hope that his message is heard loud and clear. Link to comment
Helene Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Maria Kochetkova just tweeted a link to an Instagram photo of her dancing "Sleeping Beauty" with Polunin in Paris: https://twitter.com/balletrusse/status/665010295224541184 Link to comment
yudi Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Sergei Polunin Documentary Dancer (2016) - On International movie database site http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5097070/?ref_=nv_sr_2 Release Dates: USA 16 September 2016 (limited)Switzerland 25 September 2016 (Zurich Film Festival)UK 8 October 2016 (London Film Festival) The imdb site says: This movie has been released on amazon.com, for "Watch Now From $3.99 (SD) on Amazon Video". 《Dancer》 Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Exclusive clip from 《DANCER》 with Sergei Polunin Link to comment
yudi Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Sergei Polunin And Director Steven Cantor Discuss Their New Documentary, 《Dancer》 Link to comment
altongrimes Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I find the following brief quote regarding Sergei Polunin so poignant and memorable that I feel compelled to share it on Ballet Alert: "Among the staff on the audition panel was Tatiana Mihailovna Martynena. 'Usually in the third round when the children improvise a piece, you will see very simple things, but when Sergei (Polunin) began dancing to a Pavarotti aria, it was something truly outstanding. He had an extraordinary feeling for music and such rare natural coordination. It was the first time I'd ever seen a boy with such gifts and I had tears in my eyes as I watched him' ". Link to comment
mnacenani Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Some reviews of "PROJECT POLUNIN" currently at Sadler's Wells London : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/what-to-see/toe-curling-waste-project-polunin-sadlers-wells-review/https://www.ft.com/content/40e0399c-096c-11e7-97d1-5e720a26771bhttp://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/project-polunin-sadlers-wellshttp://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/project-polunin-dance-review-precocious-talent-needs-better-material-a3489926.htmlhttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/project-polunin-at-sadlers-wells-rmfzfdbqg?shareToken=2a479debad7711cff6c0b6558fffaa11https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/mar/15/project-polunin-backstage-dancer-natalia-osipova-in-pictures http://dancetabs.com/2017/03/project-polunin-icarus-tea-or-coffee-narcissus-and-echo-london/ Link to comment
FauxPas Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Polunin has gotten another tattoo.... Talk amongst yourselves. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqkh4megNyU/ Link to comment
Mashinka Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Rather unwise in the current political climate. Link to comment
howpureisivory Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Mashinka said: Rather unwise in the current political climate. Unwise or not, I do find his reasoning for his tattoo "obsession" to be fascinating. In interview clips I've watched, he alludes to the concept of freedom over his own body in the ballet world. One might say that all of his tattoos are unwise choices for employment in traditional ballet companies. Edited November 25, 2018 by howpureisivory Spelling Link to comment
canbelto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) A number of ballet dancers have tattoos that are hidden by costume. I think Polunin's tattoos are more unusual in that they are in areas (his hands have "Natasha" tattooed on them -- oops) that are harder to hide by costume. Edited November 25, 2018 by canbelto Link to comment
RUKen Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 21 hours ago, canbelto said: A number of ballet dancers have tattoos that are hidden by costume. I think Polunin's tattoos are more unusual in that they are in areas (his hands have "Natasha" tattooed on them -- oops) that are harder to hide by costume. They also use makeup to cover the tattoos. Here is a link to a Washington Post article on this subject: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_danc/ballet-dancers-with-skin-in-the-game/2016/11/23/2328c264-af96-11e6-ab37-1b3940a0d30a_story.html?utm_term=.7a6d15c2b0bc Link to comment
California Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I noticed a tattoo on Herman Cornejo's arm when he reappeared topless at the end of In the Upper Room last month. Something I've never understood: don't tattoos interfere with the body's ability to sweat at those locations? It just seems like too many would be a health issue, especially for athletes, but that doesn't seem to discourage people. Link to comment
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