A biopic of a living subject can be tricky to structure — as Sergei Polunin admitted after March 2 night’s gala screening of Dancer at the London Palladium: “We didn’t know where it was heading. Were they waiting for me to die?” The packed house giggled obligingly but there was a time when that wouldn’t have been so funny.
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Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin attends the premier of the film 'Dancer' in central London on March 2.
