It is known to most as dancer from Take me to Church, a song by the pop artist Hozier what matters on YouTube 30 million views. But for those following the scene Sergei Polunin it is much more. There are those who think about it the greatest living dancer, explains Corriere della Sera, comparing him to Nurejev and Barishnikov, but the adjectives ‘controversial’, ‘iconoclastic’, ‘self-destructive’ and ‘punk’ are rarely absent. In fact, Polunin called Russian President Vladimir Putin “my light.” An admiration in words translated into deeds the tattoos of the Tsar’s face that stand out on his chest. Along with Putin, a little further down, there is the “black sun”, the rune that Heinrich Himmler, the mastermind behind the Holocaust, used it for the floors of his own building. Polunin erases tattoos with lasers. “I want to be clean,” he said. But it will take a few more years. What cannot be erased is his controversial statements. Over the years, Polunin has said that “fat people” should be “slapped” and that women “get out of hand because nobody fucks them anymore.” Hardly surprising when it was the turn of two evenings Arcimboldi Theater in Milan – on January 28th and 29th – the mobilization for its cancellation began.
The show in jeopardy
He is to play the show Rasputin – Tanzdrama. “But we’re thinking Abort», admits director Gianmario Longoni. This is also confirmed by a post on the theater’s official Instagram profile: “Despite believing in freedom of expression and the non-politics of art, the management of the Arcimboldi Theater in Milan is currently working on suspending the repetitions of the ballet Rasputin – Dance Drama , with dancer Sergei Polunin, announced on the bill from December 2019». There are no protest messages under the post. But also from those who defend it: “Just do your job well”. A few days ago the director of the theater had rejected the hypothesis of a cancellation: «The show was planned from 2019, then the time had come moved several times“, also because injuries of the dancer. “But now we have a hall of tickets sold and out of respect for those who bought them we would confirm. Also Polunin’s seal of approval has already been paid forit would be a disaster to abdicate,” Longoni explained.
The anti-bubble
Sergei Polunin was born in Khersonin the heart ofUkraine overrun by the Russians. But for years he has sided with Putin. lives in between Fly and Belgrade and married to the Russian ice dance Olympian Elena Ilyinych. Artistic, says Il Giorno, he grew up Royal Ballet of London. There are people who compare it Robert Bolle, the other big name in ballet these years. But the two are very different, one is seen as an angel, the other as a devil. Polunin is a noble dancer, perfect for playing the prince in Swan Lake.
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