Dancer

2016 • 84 minutes
4.5
24 reviews
88%
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About this movie

Ukrainian-born 'bad boy of ballet' Sergei Polunin became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal dancer at age 19. But two years later -- at the height of his success -- he walked away from it all, resolving to give up dance entirely. Steven Cantor's Dancer tracks the life of this iconoclastic virtuoso, from his prodigal beginnings in the Ukraine to his awe-inspiring performances in the U.K., Russia, and eventually the U.S., where he went viral after David LaChapelle filmed him dancing to Hozier's 'Take Me to Church.' Yet beyond celebrating the raw talent and wild ambition of Polunin, whose sights are now set on Hollywood, Dancer considers how wealth and success may not be enough when it comes to finding personal and professional identity.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
24 reviews
deborah elliott
December 8, 2020
He is extremely talented, but his political and social views are so self destructive, it's mind-boggling. He desperately needs mental health counseling or he will end up on street corners talking to himself. He has covered himself with glory as a super-talented dancer, but glory is fleeting.
michael alejandro de la Nuez
September 27, 2016
this movie is for a lack of a better word amazing! This is probably the best dance movie i have ever seen! being a male dancer i look up to sergei so much, and didnt understand him and this movie really puts you in place of where he was and is so inspiring. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND WATCH THIS MOVIE!
s rola
October 9, 2016
Dancer is a living sculpture of Infinite Grace.