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35 years |
Birth date |
November 20, 1989 |
Zodiac sign |
Scorpio |
Place of Birth |
Kherson Oblast, Ukraine |
Occupation |
Actor, dancer, writer |
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Sergei Vladimirovich Polunin (Ukrainian: Сергій Володи́мирович Полу́нін, Serhiy Volodymyrovych Polunin; Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Полу́нин, Sergey Vladimirovich Polunin; born 20 November 1989) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, actor and model.
As a freelance principal dancer, Polunin is guest artist at various theaters worldwide such as Royal Ballet, Sadler's Wells Theatre, Bolshoi Theatre, Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, La Scala Theatre, Teatro San Carlo and is currently permanent guest artist for the Bayerisches Staatsballet.
Sergei Polunin was born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR. From the age of four to eight, he trained at a gymnastics academy, and then spent another four years at the Kyiv State Choreographic Institute. His mother, Galina, moved with him to Kyiv, while his father, Vladimir Polunin, worked in Portugal to support them.
After Polunin graduated from the Kyiv Choreographic Academy (КДХУ) he joined the British Royal Ballet School at the age of 13 in 2003, sponsored by the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation. He became a first soloist at the Royal Ballet in 2009. In June 2010 at the age of 20, Polunin became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal. After two successful years, on 24 January 2012, Polunin announced his resignation from the company with immediate effect. He said he had become so unhappy that, "the artist in me was dying."
Height | 5 ft 12 in / 182 cm |
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Weight | 165 lb / 75 kg |
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Hair Color | Black |
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Eye Color | Dark brown |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Race / ethnicity | White |