Commenting on Sergei Polunin’s surprise exit from the Royal Ballet, fellow Ukrainian and ex-Royal principal Ivan Putrov, has probably upset a number of his dancer colleagues. In an interview with the BBC he said,
Being in a company has this element that you are sometimes told what to do. If you want to be part of the company you have to, maybe, shut-up and do what you’re supposed to do. If you want to be an artist… an artist creates. A craftsman just does what he’s told, an artist creates. Sergei is an artist and he likes to create.
While being a craftsmen is an excellent and noble quality, Royal Ballet company members such as Alina Cojocaru, Lauren Cuthbertson, Marianela Nuñez, Tamara Rojo, Edward Watson and Zenaida Yanowsky, will be surprised to learn that Putrov doesn’t consider them to be artists. General Mason gives her orders and they just do as they’re told.
Marijn Rademaker (@RademakerMarijn) says
FYI….. @gramilano: Ex-Royal Ballet dancer Putrov states that the company’s dancers are not artists, but defecting co: http://t.co/KPGIsNSL
Ivan Putrov says
General Mason !! I love that.. Order please !! Everyone turn to the right!!
What nonsense!!
‘Being in ‘a’ company has this element.. ‘ would be the correct version from me.
Thank you and have a good night colleagues. This are my orders.
Ivan
gramilano says
Thanks for the correction (makes a bit of difference) and for being so good-natured in your comments! Congratulations on the Men in Motion project & reviews. Incidentally, googling ‘men in motion’ produces a link to a male strip-club in Connecticut, Massachusetts: don’t suppose it’s got anything to do with you?