Renowned ballet dancer Sergei Polunin performs a stunning contemporary dance to Depeche Mode’s song In Your Room, captured by legendary director/photographer and longtime collaborator of the band, Anton Corbijn.It's not a conventional music video, but a unique promo of Corbijn's forthcoming feature documentary Dancer 2 - the sequel to the the critically-acclaimed 2016 film Dancer. The first film charted Polunin’s meteoric rise to become the Royal Ballet’s youngest-ever principal dancer, and his self-inflicted fall from grace. Corbijn's new film pick ups from where Dancer left off, exploring Polunin’s return to ballet.Corbijn frames a powerful solo performance by Polunin to the 1993 song, choreographed by Ross Freddie Ray, against the vast windswept dunes of Terschelling in The Netherlands, Corbijn's home country. The performance evokes Polunin’s well-documented struggles within the confines of the ballet world and in his personal life, following his infamous rejection of the ballet establishment while at the height of his powers.Filmed in November last year, the film is effectively a prelude for the film to come, which is now moving into production.
Rob Ulitski - 3rd June 2021