WITNESS BALLET SUPERSTAR SERGEI POLUNIN IN SINGAPORE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE ROLE OF THE MYSTIC GRIGORI RASPUTIN, WHOSE MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCE OVER THE RUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY DID SO MUCH TO BRING DOWN THE ROMANOV DYNASTY. POLUNIN’S PERFORMANCE OF ONE OF THE MOST ENIGMATIC FIGURES IN RUSSIAN HISTORY IS NOT TO BE MISSED.
A YOUTHFUL PRODIGY, POLUNIN BECAME THE LONDON ROYAL BALLET’S YOUNGEST-EVER MALE PRINCIPAL DANCER AT THE AGE OF JUST 21. BUT ONLY TWO YEARS LATER, HE SHOCKED THE BALLET WORLD WITH HIS SUDDEN DECISION TO QUIT THE COMPANY. HE SWIFTLY RE-EMERGED IN RUSSIA, DANCING WITH THE STANISLAVSKY MUSIC THEATRE, AND HAS GONE ON TO DEVELOP A PARALLEL CAREER AS AN ACTOR, APPEARING IN FILMS LIKE MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. HE HAS ALSO REACHED A NEW AUDIENCE ON YOUTUBE THROUGH THE VIRAL VIDEO TAKE ME TO CHURCH. POLUNIN STARS IN THIS DANCE DRAMA EXPLORING THE AMBIVALENCE BETWEEN POWER AND WEAKNESS, GOOD AND EVIL. RASPUTIN EXPLORES THE TITLE CHARACTER’S COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGY AND MORAL AMBIVALENCE, AND HIS CATASTROPHIC EFFECT ON THE RUSSIAN COURT ON A SET MODELLED ON A CHESSBOARD.
1 Hours 35 Mins (including 20mins interval)
General audiences
Sergei Polunin
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Sat, 2 May 2020 - Sun, 3 May 2020
Friday : 8PM | Saturday : 2PM & 8PM
Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands
Children below 3 years old may be admitted free of charge provided they do not occupy a seat.
Children 3 years old and above must purchase a ticket for admission.
All children below 12 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
TICKETS FROM $50 - $300
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“Polunin is Rasputin, a titanic, totemic performance, revealing many facets of this controversial figure. Rasputin is a role for which he was destined.”
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