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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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 wasted so many years just traveling and sitting in hotels, searching for things, not knowing. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
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 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
Art and war are opposites, so our goal as an artist is to build and create, not destroy. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I normally don't regret. I enjoy everything, even if it's bad or good. — 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 I'm not… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
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 Image
I went and got a tattoo of James Dean on my shoulder without actually seeing him in any movies. — 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. The Planet… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
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 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 do anything.… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
