Dancer

Dancer

Genre

Documentary, Biography

Director

Steven Cantor

Run time

1h 25min

Cast

Sergei Polunin, Jade Hale-Christofi, David LaChapelle

Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend. Blessed with astonishing power and poise, Sergei Polunin took the dance world by storm and became the Royal ballet’s youngest ever principal. At the peak of his success, aged 25, he walked away, driven to the brink of self-destruction by stardom - his talent more a burden than a gift.

Here is an unprecedented look into the life of a complex young man who has made ballet go viral. Urban rebel, iconoclast, airborne angel, Sergei is transforming the shape of ballet as we know it. But virtuosity comes with a high price.

How can you be free to be yourself when you are ballet’s ‘hottest property’?

Genre

Documentary, Biography

Director

Steven Cantor

Run time

1h 25min

Cast

Sergei Polunin, Jade Hale-Christofi, David LaChapelle

Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend. Blessed with astonishing power and poise, Sergei Polunin took the dance world by storm and became the Royal ballet’s youngest ever principal. At the peak of his success, aged 25, he walked away, driven to the brink of self-destruction by stardom - his talent more a burden than a gift.

Here is an unprecedented look into the life of a complex young man who has made ballet go viral. Urban rebel, iconoclast, airborne angel, Sergei is transforming the shape of ballet as we know it. But virtuosity comes with a high price.

How can you be free to be yourself when you are ballet’s ‘hottest property’?

Info

Rating

(none)

Production year

2017

Global distributor

WestEnd Films

Local distributor

Bestfilm.eu

In cinema

9/6/2019