Dancer

2018 • 84 minutes

About this movie

Blessed with astonishing power and poise, Sergei Polunin took the dance world by storm and became the Royal ballet's youngest ever principal. At the peak of his success, aged 25, he walked away, driven to the brink of self-destruction by stardom - his talent more a burden than a gift. Here is an unprecedented look into the life of a complex young man who has made ballet go viral. Urban rebel, iconoclast, airborne angel, Sergei is transforming the shape of ballet as we know it. But virtuosity comes with a high price. How can you be free to be yourself when you are ballet's 'hottest property'?

Ratings and reviews

A little insight into one of the most magnificent dancers in this era. It is almost heartbreaking watching a young man with so much talent struggle to find his way in life. Life has granted him this 'magic' but at the cost of family, stability and emotional maturity, leaving an eternal teen angst man. Perhaps this allows people to judge some of his actions less harshly, you can apprectiate though his beauty and talent and still feel for the human that he is.