'Dancer,' the new documentary about Sergei Polunin - whose video to Hozier's "Take Me To Church" went viral last year - examines the star's rise and subsequent personal crisis.
Sergei Polunin dances his heart out in a 4-minute video posted online last February. He explodes and deflates in turn to Hozier’s “Take Me to Church,” leaping high or turning fast and then slowing down or slouching back onto the floor, the many tattoos on his shirtless torso expanding and contracting as he breathes. His classical technique and incredible facility are unmistakable, and yet there’s something unpolished about it, like the naked wood of the structure he’s in. It’s hard to look away.
