Some of my friends were going to dancing school and, when one of them was auditioning for a ballet school in Kiev, my mother saw an opportunity for me to do that, so we could move to a bigger, better… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
For many years I saw the world as two sides: east and west, two powers. And I was trying to search what is white, what is black. Both sides wanted me. — 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
