1. Sergei Vladimirovich Polunin is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, actor and model.
23 Facts About Sergei Polunin
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Sergei Polunin has Ukrainian, Russian, and Serbian citizenships, but has "always regarded himself as Russian".
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Sergei 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.
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In 2010, at the age of 20, Sergei Polunin became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever male principal dancer.
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Sergei 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.
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Sergei Polunin became a first soloist at the Royal Ballet in 2009.
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In June 2010, at the age of 20, Sergei Polunin became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever male principal.
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In early April 2013, it was reported that Sergei Polunin had walked out on the Schaufuss Ballet's performance of Midnight Express just days before its opening night.
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Sergei Polunin was shortlisted as the best male dancer for the 2014 National Dance awards in the UK In 2014, Sergei 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.
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Sergei Polunin was the subject of the 2016 documentary film Dancer, directed by Steven Cantor, analyzing his childhood, training, and rise to international fame.
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In 2017, he set up Project Sergei Polunin, which aims to create new dance and ballet works for both stage and film.
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Project Sergei Polunin aims to bring together dancers, contemporary artists, musicians and choreographers from various creative backgrounds to work together.
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In June 2018, a promotional video starring Sergei Polunin was featured in a grand ceremony of the reopening of the National Museum of Serbia after 15 years of renovation and in July of the same year, Sergei Polunin performed on the Main Stage of the Serbian EXIT festival for the grand opening ceremony of 18th festival edition.
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Sergei Polunin's performance was inspired by the festival's theme, dubbed EXIT Freedom.
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In January 2019, Sergei Polunin was invited to perform in the Paris Opera Ballet's Swan Lake.
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The second was on 26 August 2019, Sergei 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 and to critical acclaim.
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Sergei Polunin's outfit was a carefully crafted kimono specially designed and made by artist Kamida Kazumak and with the calligraphy of the Heart Sutra, which teaches the illusion of the phenomenal world, written on the outfit by calligrapher, Tomoko Kawao.
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Sergei Polunin fully supported the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and was invited to speak and perform at government-organized ceremonies.
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Sergei Polunin performed in full military uniform which Uzbek authorities said deviated from the planned programme.
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Sergei Polunin made his feature film debut in the 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express, followed by a performance in the 2018 film Red Sparrow.
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In November 2018, Sergei Polunin posted on his Instagram account voicing support for Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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In December 2018, Sergei Polunin expressed admiration and support for US president Donald Trump in another Instagram post.
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In 2022, Sergei Polunin revealed photos displaying multiple tattoos of Putin's head across his upper torso, which led to controversy.