“A Valentine“ Sergei Polunin/Сергей Полунин

Happy Saint Valentine’s Day! Music: “Calcifer“ by Jon Bjork () and “Glistening Lights“ by Brightarm Orchestra () Production Notes Performance: “The Nutcracker“ Stanislavsky Ballet March 2014 Dancers: Sergei Polunin and Natalia Somova Sergei Polunin Born in Kherson, Ukraine in 1989, Sergei Polunin / Сергей Полунин is a Russian ballet dancer. Famous for his “once every hundred years” talent, he has incredulous elevation and impeccable technique. From an early age, he displayed glorious dramatic range. Home videos of him as a small boy improvising to Pavarotti are very foretelling. At age 19, he became the youngest ever male principal dancer with London’s Royal Ballet company.