Romeo & Juliet review – Sergei Polunin is reunited with Alina Cojocaru, and his talent
Romeo & Juliet review – Sergei Polunin in swashbuckling form
November 2021
‘I tell myself: You’re a penis’: Sergei Polunin on drugs, bad tweets – and his Putin chest tattoo
He walked out of the Royal Ballet and went off the rails. But the bad boy of ballet is now a father with a responsible a new attitude – and he’s even dancing Romeo and Juliet
February 2021
Simple Passion review – sensitive French study of erotic obsession
Laetitia Dosch is sensational as a lecturer passionately embroiled with Sergei Polunin’s reptilian Russian diplomat
June 2019
Sergei Polunin/Rasputin; Royal Ballet; San Francisco Ballet; Kalakuta Republik – review
The Firebird gets a new lease of life, while Alexei Ratmansky’s inventive trilogy mixes Björk with Edith Wharton
Polunin Ink review – storm, stress and sweet torment
Ballet and B-movies collide as Sergei Polunin revives Russian villain Rasputin, suffers with Nijinsky, and tackles toxic masculinity with a pineapple
Sergei Polunin review – a blatant image recovery effort
The bad boy of ballet’s self-absorbed mixed bill is unlikely to win over his detractors
March 2019
Self-destructive dance superstar Sergei Polunin: 'Ukraine put me on a list of terrorists'
He was sacked from the Paris Opera Ballet after homophobic and sexist online rants. In an exclusive interview, he talks about the joy of self-sabotage – and his Vladimir Putin tattoo
December 2017
Best culture 2017
Get snappy: Tristram Kenton's stage photos of 2017 – in pictures
From Follies at the National to Ink at the Almeida and Marnie at the Coliseum, revisit some of the year’s theatre, dance and opera productions as photographed by the Guardian’s Tristram Kenton
Project Polunin: Satori review – straight from the hurt
Sergei Polunin’s intense three-part show, featuring Natalia Osipova and guests, is far from perfect but it resonates with an authentic emotional charge
Project Polunin: Satori review – ballet's bad boy makes howling bid for inner peace
Aided by partner Natalia Osipova and designer David LaChapelle, Polunin throws himself into a trio of precise, deeply felt dances about himself
July 2017
Sergei Polunin says ballet must shake off ‘elitist image’ or die
Controversial Ukrainian star says classical dance must seek out talented directors from the worlds of films and musicals
March 2017
Project Polunin review – a ballet rebel lost in ego
