Born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Polunin started out in gymnastics before switching to ballet at the age of eight and attended the Kyiv State Choreographic Institute. After graduating, he joined the British Royal Ballet School at the age of 13 in 2003. Polunin has received numerous awards, including the Prix de Lausanne and Youth America Grand Prix in 2006, and in 2007 was named the Young British Dancer of the Year.[4] In 2010, at the age of 20, Polunin became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever male principal dancer.
Sergei Polunin was born in Kherson,[13]Ukrainian SSR. From the age of four to eight, he trained at a gymnastics academy, and then spent another four years at the Kyiv State Choreographic Institute.[14] His mother, Galina, moved with him to Kyiv, while his father, Vladimir Polunin, worked in Portugal to support them.[13][14]
Dancing career
2003–2013: Early years
After Polunin graduated from the Kyiv Choreographic Academy (КДХУ), he joined the British Royal Ballet School at the age of 13 in 2003, sponsored by the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.[13][14] Polunin has received numerous awards, including the Prix de Lausanne and Youth America Grand Prix in 2006, and in 2007 was named the Young British Dancer of the Year.[4] He became a first soloist at the Royal Ballet in 2009. In June 2010, at the age of 20, Polunin became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever male principal. The New York Times described Polunin as "a fabulous dancer, with a steely technique and beautiful line" in its review of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2011)[15] when he danced as the Knave, who doubled as Alice's romantic interest.
After two successful years with the Royal Ballet, on 24 January 2012, Polunin announced his resignation from the company with immediate effect. He said he had become so unhappy that, "the artist in [him] was dying."[16][17] Several months later, in summer 2012, Polunin was invited to Russia by the artistic director of ballet of the two Russian theatres, Igor Zelensky, and became a principal dancer with the Stanislavsky Music Theatre and Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.[18] In early April 2013, it was reported that Polunin had walked out on the Schaufuss Ballet's performance of Midnight Express just days before its opening night.[19]
2014–present: International recognition
He was first shown in the international spotlight in the role of Slavemaster/Sheppard in the 25th Anniversary The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall. Polunin was shortlisted as the best male dancer for the 2014 National Dance awards in the U.K.[20] In 2014, Polunin started his collaboration with the famed American photographer and music director David LaChapelle and took part in his new projects, including a dance video to the song "Take Me to Church" by Hozier in February 2015. The video went viral and exposed Polunin to a wider audience.[21] Polunin was the subject of the 2016 documentary film Dancer, directed by Steven Cantor, analyzing his childhood, training, and rise to international fame.[22]
In 2017, he set up Project Polunin, which aims to create new dance and ballet works for both stage and film. Project Polunin aims to bring together dancers, contemporary artists, musicians and choreographers from various creative backgrounds to work together.[23] In June 2018, a promotional video starring Polunin was featured in a grand ceremony of the reopening of the National Museum of Serbia after 15 years of renovation[24] and in July of the same year, Polunin performed on the Main Stage of the Serbian EXIT festival for the grand opening ceremony of 18th festival edition.[25] His performance was inspired by the festival's theme, dubbed EXIT Freedom. The company was reincorporated as Polunin Ink in 2018.[26]
In January 2019, Polunin was invited to perform in the Paris Opéra Ballet's Swan Lake. The Ballet revoked the invitation 48 hours later after being notified of Polunin's recent homophobic and sexist Instagram posts that sparked international outrage, including from dancers within the company.[27]
Polunin and his company, Polunin Ink introduced three new productions of ballet in 2019. The first was "Rasputin", choreographed by Yuka Oishi and premiered in London Palladium in June; the show received generally negative reviews from London critics[28] but was later successfully shown in cities such as Zurich[29] and Tashkent.[citation needed] The second was on 26 August 2019, Polunin danced the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Johan Kobborg and with Alina Cojocaru as Juliet, in the Arena of Verona to over 10,000 members in the audience[30] and to critical acclaim.[31][32] As the year closed, the third production of Polunin Ink, "Little Red and the Wolf",[33] choreographed by Ross Freddie Ray, music composed by Kirill Richter, and performed by Sergei Polunin, Laura Fernandez-Gromova, Johan Kobborg and premiered in Zaryadye Concert Hall, Moscow on 29 and 30 December 2019.[34][35] In 2019, he also performed in Dubai,[36] Israel,[37] Munich,[38] and Shanghai.[39] Noteworthy was the performance on 7 September 2019 when he was invited to dance at the ancient Buddhist temple Ninna-ji in Kyoto, Japan.[40] Branded as the "Encounter of the East and the West", efforts were put into illustrating the theme with artists from Europe and Asia performing on the stage. Polunin's outfit was a carefully crafted kimono specially designed and made by artist Kamida Kazumak and with the calligraphy of the Heart Sutra,[41] which teaches the illusion of the phenomenal world,[42] written on the outfit by calligrapher, Tomoko Kawao.[41][43] The performance was later broadcast nationwide in Japan.[44]
Polunin was recognized as the Personality of the Year by Danza & Danza Awards 2019 (Premio D&D-Mario Bedendo), for which the jury wrote: "A multi-faceted artist... he and his Polunin Ink company scored not one but two goals in 2019",[45] namely, "a 'modern' take on the twentieth-century classic Romeo & Juliet where Polunin gave a powerful, passionate performance opposite Alina Cojocaru",[45] and “Rasputin a memorable dance-drama in which Sergei outdid himself".[45]
Polunin fully supported the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and was invited to speak and perform at government-organized ceremonies.[46] He was censured after performing/dancing to a song dedicated to fallen Russian soldiers while on tour in Uzbekistan. He performed in full military uniform which Uzbek authorities said deviated from the planned programme.[47]
Performances and projects
The Woodsman. Red Riding Hood, with Johan Kobborg, Laura Fernandez-Gromova and choreography by Ross Freddie-Ray, music by Kirill Richter, scenery designer Otto Bubeníček at the Zaryadye Concert Hall in Moscow on 29 and 30 December 2019.
Sartori, with music by Lorenz Dangel, with Natalia Osipova, Jason Reilly, Alexey Lyubimov, Thomas Waddington, choreography by Sergei Polunin, set design: David LaChapelle, costume design: Angelina Atlagic, lighting design: Christian Kass, director: Gabriel Marcel del Vecchio, World premiere London Coliseum 10 December 2017[51]
Performances for the Russian project Big Ballet (Bolshoi Balet) on TV-channel Kultura (Culture): 'Narcissus' by Kasyan Goleizovsky, Bourgeois by Ben Van Cauwenbergh, 100 Celsius by Emil Faski, Armand from Marguerite and Armand by Frederick Ashton, Frantz from Coppélia by Roland Petit and Akteon from Diana and Akteon by Agrippina Vaganova[64]
Faun for the Bohemian Tune concert in Moscow with Gérard Depardieu, choreographed by Sergei Polunin and Alexey Lyubimov
Lucien d'Hervilly, Paquita grand pas – premiere took place in Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre, 9 November 2013. Choreographed by Igor Zelensky and Yana Serebriakova.
Awards
Prize Winner, Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition (2002)
As of 2020, Polunin is engaged to Russian ice dancer Elena Ilinykh.[71][72] On 16 January 2020, their son, Mir, was born in Miami, Florida, U.S.[72] In April 2022, their second son, Dar, was born.[73]
Along with a number of other celebrities, Polunin was granted Serbian citizenship in 2017, for his work in promoting the country and its culture.[2][74]
In 2022, Polunin revealed photos displaying multiple tattoos of Putin’s head across his upper torso, which led to controversy.[78] Arcimboldi, a theatre in Milan, Italy which had scheduled a performance with the dancer, subsequently canceled the show.[79]
^ abVasović, Aleksandar (15 September 2017). "Serbia grants citizenship to actor Ralph Fiennes". Reuters. Retrieved 30 June 2018. Fiennes is the last in a string of celebrities including Hollywood actor Steven Segal, ballet dancer Sergei Polunin and several soccer and basketball players to have been granted citizenship in recent years.
^Adanja Polak, Mira (17 December 2017). "RTS :: Mira Adanja Polak: Ekskluzivno". rts.rs (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. Retrieved 30 June 2018. Sergej Polunin baletan svetskog glasa koji je nedavno postao državljanin Srbije želi da u našoj zemlji provede više vremena.
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