by Dance Magazine | Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week, Variety reported that Sergei Polunin would reunite with the team behind Dancer for another documentary. “Where ‘Dancer’ looked at his whole life, family and influences,” director Steven Cantor said, ” ‘Satori’ will...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 21, 2019 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Profiles, Viral Videos
American Ballet Theatre principal James Whiteside is known for more than just his uber-charismatic presence on the ballet stage; He doubles as both the drag queen Ühu Betch and the pop star JbDubs. Whiteside’s newest musical release, titled WTF, came out last...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Apr 25, 2019 | News
I caught a preview screening of The White Crow earlier this week at New York City’s 92Y, and I have to say: Even with a solid grasp of dance history and a smattering of film studies knowledge, I had some questions when the credits rolled. The Ralph...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 27, 2019 | Dance Magazine, News, Profiles, Trending, Viral Videos
Updated April 25, 2019 It’s the moment many of us have been waiting for since early 2017: our first glimpse of The White Crow, a feature film about Rudolf Nureyev’s 1961 defection from the Soviet Union while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. Directed by...
by Marisa Hayes For Dance Magazine | Jan 13, 2019 | News, Profiles, Trending
Sergei Polunin, whose recent homophobic and sexist Instagram posts have sparked international outrage, will not be appearing with the Paris Opéra Ballet as previously announced. POB artistic director Aurélie Dupont sent an internal email to company staff and dancers...
by Dance Magazine | Jan 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you follow Sergei Polunin on Instagram, you’ve probably noticed that lately something has been…off. Though Polunin has long had a reputation for behaving inappropriately, in the last month his posts have been somewhat unhinged. In one, Polunin, who is...
by Katherine Beard For Dance Spirit | Nov 14, 2018 | News, Viral Videos
One Sergei Polunin is great but two, three, or four Polunins, that’s something we can really get behind. And now we don’t even have to go to an alternative universe to enjoy multiple Polunin clones. In Hozier’s latest music video,...
by Jen Peters | Nov 1, 2018 | News
The wait for Disney’s reimagining of The Nutcracker is over. Although The Nutcracker and The Four Realms is not a full-length ballet, woven into the plot is a five-minute performance by megastars Misty Copeland and Sergei Polunin alongside 18 supporting dancers,...