There's no agents or managers to represent them. Dancers don't have any voice. They have nothing. Nobody can afford a flat to live in. They have to share to be able to survive. In a place like the Royal Ballet,… — 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 the dancers, and they have a job for life - dancers only have 10 years. — 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
