I go to bed really late - if I just sleep I won't have a life outside ballet. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I didn't want people to think I'm a dancer. I'm much more. I'm a human being. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
It always felt as though there was a wall between me and contemporary dance. I didn't know how to get into it. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I love movies and there's something close to me about James Dean - I always wanted to do choreography on him. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I always hoped I would be injured so I didn't have to dance any more. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
Being a ballet dancer isn't cool. Football, boxing, hockey... they're cool. And you make more money. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
It's very important for humans to see dance, it's a language that everybody understands. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
The ballet world is so competitive, and for no reason. It's not a sport. It's an art. There's no winner. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
The contemporary programs in London are harder and much more damaging for the body. With classical ballet you are relaxed mentally because… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
You know when you believe in Christmas? I was like that with ballet. I thought I would reach a level where I'd… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
When I became a principal at the Royal Ballet it was my childhood goal, a dream and I became it at 19.… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
Whoever thought of making ballet? I mean, what is it? It's so alien. You just look at people's behavior as well -… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
The only family I knew was the Royal Ballet and I didn't feel I was part of it in a way. I… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I want to create a platform where dancers can be creative away from their day jobs. I want them to be able… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
In England, ballet is kind of closed. They are opening up a little bit, but it was always something not for the… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I'd always been one of the best in my gymnastics school, so I transferred to trying to be the best dancer, without… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
In the beginning, I was very passionate about it, I loved it. It wasn't until I actually reached the top that I… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I can one day do dance, and the next maybe do a movie, and then maybe I can choreograph, or work with… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
Now I want to become an artist, rather than one thing, like a dancer, or a movie star, or a choreographer. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
“Dance is a game of extreme emotions and freedom of the soul, where nothing is ever the same.” — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
It is different in Russia. Here there is a television channel devoted to opera and dance. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I am very thankful to the Royal Albert Hall for the opportunity to dance here; it's been a long hope of mine. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
When I worked with David LaChappelle, I was stimulated... He was explaining how he does things, how he works. I realized what… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
As a dancer, you dance and you shut up. You don't open your mouth. I started using the media as psychiatrists, I… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I'm not fond of the idea of doing ballet for ballet's sake, because dancers get exploited and they're not paid well. They… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
There's no agents or managers to represent them. Dancers don't have any voice. They have nothing. Nobody can afford a flat to… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
You live the life of a dancer. It is not your job, it is your life, and you have to love it… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I thought about my future. In 10 years' time, I would be in the same position as when I started - the… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
As soon as I said to myself, "Oh I'm not a dancer; I'm not an actor," it made me so free to… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
What made my mind go free is that I wanted to become an artist. As soon as I said to myself, 'Oh… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I danced in corps de ballet for 11 hours a day. That was the hardest work I have ever done in my… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
The Royal Ballet is the best paid company, but the dancers get nothing. The stage crew get paid three times more than… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
In Russia it is great because you can concentrate 100 percent on your work, there are not as many distractions as London,… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
In my head I want to do dancing as a hobby. I don't want it to be my job. I want to… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
The Sensorium Galaxy Planet of Motion is the future. We are memorizing dance because dance will exist in a virtual world forever.… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
Some of my friends were going to dancing school and, when one of them was auditioning for a ballet school in Kiev,… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I wasted so many years just traveling and sitting in hotels, searching for things, not knowing. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
The Royal Ballet was good to me. They gave me everything I asked for. It's just... I felt tricked. I became a principal and… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
I didn't want people to think I'm a dancer. I'm much more. I'm a human being. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
Art and war are opposites, so our goal as an artist is to build and create, not destroy. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
What made my mind go free is that I wanted to become an artist. As soon as I said to myself, 'Oh I'm not… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
I do get depressed sometimes, I don't know why. It's since I was a kid and it's just part of my personality. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
I went and got a tattoo of James Dean on my shoulder without actually seeing him in any movies. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
The Sensorium Galaxy Planet of Motion is the future. We are memorizing dance because dance will exist in a virtual world forever. The Planet… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
The Royal Ballet School looked after me very well, they were like my family, and the company gave me everything. But I was unhappy… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
As soon as I said to myself, "Oh I'm not a dancer; I'm not an actor," it made me so free to do anything.… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
I'm not a bad boy now I'm living in Russia. London was great but there were too many distractions. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
You know when you believe in Christmas? I was like that with ballet. I thought I would reach a level where I'd have enough… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share
