Sergei Polunin // MAD WORLD

Music video /montage with ballet dancer Sergei Polunin (Сергей Полунин) as a reflection and response to "Dancer" (a biographical documentary released in 2017).
Song: "Mad World" cover by Michael Andrews & Gary Jules; originally performed by Tears for Fears
Original Videos: "Dancer" documentary; RB Sleeping Beauty interview with Sergei Polunin & Lauren Cuthbertson; RB World Stage Demonstration; Stick Figure's "Fragile Balance" documentary;
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DISCLAIMER/ABOUT THE VIDEO: Nobody's life can be completely summarized in an 80 minute documentary, let alone a 3 minute video. This video is not an attempt to summarize Sergei Polunin or to assume a familiarity with his thoughts or feelings. It is simply my way of thinking out loud and responding to the emotional storm of a time in Sergei's life that was so strongly captured in "Dancer" and in other interviews from that time period. It reflects my own thoughts and feelings and is my own response to that young man wrestling with his past, present, and future. Most of all, it is my response to someone who often seemed to be looking for someone to say, "I hear you. I see you (not just a dancer). You're valuable for who you are, not for what you do. You're not alone."
As someone who cares about Sergei very much from my far away corner of the world, I'm thankful for the people he has found along the way who have been a safe haven for him. And I hope he knows there are many who hear him and who value him as a person with his own wishes, hopes, dreams, and feelings that are about more than just dance. While dance is an essential part of who he is and a necessary means of expressing himself, it isn’t all he is. To truly thrive, he needs more than the type of life he had before. And if that means he doesn't dance as often as some would like, or in the types of performances they prefer, I hope we all remember that each dance, each performance, comes at a cost for him. And no art, no matter how rare or beautiful, is worth more than the life of the artist who creates it.
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LYRICS:
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world, mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world, mad world
Enlarging your world
Mad world
Writer(s): Roland Orzabal
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own the rights to any of this audio or video footage and have no affiliation with the original content creators. (i.e. the video reflects my own beliefs, values, interests, and ideas and not those of the original content creators.) It was edited and shared for entertainment and inspirational purposes only and not for profit.
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[@IndiaInk]

LOOKING FOR POLUNIN BALLET PERFORMANCES? You're invited to visit this page on my channel where I've been organizing all the quality recordings of Sergei Polunin's performances I've found on KZbin. kzbin.infoplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=2 Most of these playlists (around 30 so far!) compile near-complete or even full performances of ballets including Giselle, Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Spartacus, Mayerling, LaBayadere, Coppelia, and many more!

[@user-ng9qw8pj5l]

I am going)))

[@user-le5bf7bc1h]

Гениальный танцор!!! Спасибо ему за популяризацию балета! Несмотря на большие достижения в балете в России, и у нас не хватает мужской харизмы в балете! А у Сергея это все есть!!! Это сочетание классических поз, рук и мужского начала это потрясающе!!! Спартак изумительный в его исполнении! После Васильева ни один танцор не производил столь сильного впечатления! Браво, браво! Успехов творческих Сергею! Обожаю!

[@IndiaInk]

He is amazing!! ✨

[@argeliaayalalira130]

He's beautiful and creates beauty!!!

[@IndiaInk]

He is. And, yes, he creates so much beauty. 🌹✨

[@marialuisaviveiros9002]

Simply the best dancer👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@IndiaInk]

He is fantastic 🥰💥

[@sibiapestana8435]

I read your disclaimer and I totally agree with you! We are more than what we show, what we do...and we are all on a path, a journey and we usually change along the way. And that is OK. For me, Polunin conveys beauty, energy, passion, pain and vulnerability. Love him and loved this video! Thank you for sharing!

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you ❤️. I especially thank you for taking the time to read what I wrote in the video description and for taking the time to comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

[@emrus64]

What a beautiful video thank you🙏🏻

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you. ❤️✨

[@user-vu2ch4tx7e]

Потрясающий танцор!!! Очень похож на Христа! И в то же время на рок-звезду! Лучший из всех,кого я знаю в наше время!!! Сергей, браво, Брависсимо!!!!!

[@IndiaInk]

Sergei is an amazing dancer and person. I'm not at all comfortable comparing him to Christ. But I do appreciate Sergei's talent and the gifts he shares with the world.

[@gaylet6579]

Such a magnificent dancer.

[@IndiaInk]

Yes, he is!

[@anemare_]

Что-то от Нуриева. Такой же вдохновенный. Но слава Богу, он Мужчина с большой буквы. Мужчина, излучающий свет.

[@runawayfaeIX]

So beautiful, so much emotion

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you so much!!

[@candidacarino669]

Thank you India Ink ❗ I love it - - watching Polunin dance❗❗

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@serafina8335]

Sergei ist der beste vom Besten.

[@IndiaInk]

He is fantastic.

[@milenanovara7283]

Bravo Sergei❤

[@IndiaInk]

I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@Mrs20090515]

Thank you for sharing this video India Ink. I recognized some of the sequences from the documentary about Sergei Polunin which I saw a few years ago. What a great personality and what a gifted artist to take all the pain to perform the art of dance the way he does... Thank you Sergei Polunin. We heart you

[@IndiaInk]

I'm glad you enjoyed. Thank you for taking the time to comment. And, yes, most of the sequences from this are from "Dancer".

[@robinavalyn9513]

Wow! Thank ypu!

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you! 😊 I’m glad you enjoyed.

[@dafhirerod2086]

I adore 🥰🥰 this video music and all the sensibility to made it !!! Thanks so much !!!🙏🙏🙏

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you!! ❤️

[@sabinem3241]

Thank you,India link,for this wonderful,quiet,amazing Video,that expresses a lot of warmth and feelings for this unique dancer Sergei Polunin.

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it and resonated with some of the same feelings I had as I made it. It was made with much care for Sergei as a person and appreciation for him as a dancer. ❤️

[@juliap172]

You are the bright ray of light, dear Sergei. You are making this beautiful fragile World better, kinder. Maybe, looking at your beautiful soul of a wonderful dancer Human, mad and angry people will show that they have a better, kinder side of them

[@IndiaInk]

Beautiful thoughts. (I know sometimes people just want to share their thoughts here and that is welcome, but if you want Sergei to see them, make sure to go to one of his official pages, since I'm only a fan page and he won't see them here.)

[@jeenagigi1786]

Thankyou for this song !!

[@IndiaInk]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@karinajansson8431]

You make so truly lovely videos of Sergei unusual clip from performance and suitible music and lyrics Love Them thanks for sharing and posting

[@IndiaInk]

Thanks so much! I love making them, so it’s very rewarding to have other people enjoy them and find them meaningful! 💞

[@fayemoore8654]

Poetry in motion. Wonderful editing and colorization - thanks!

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you so much! 🙂

[@GO-ft5vk]

Thank you so much for the beautiful video!!!

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you! I'm very happy to share. I'm so glad you enjoyed!

[@ekaterinapervaya1712]

Сергей наша гордость!

[@patricialeifer-hayes4736]

Thank you for sharing this. The video and your words are both beautiful.

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you ❤️

[@svetlanasegarceanu272]

Beautiful! Thank you, Sergei! Thank you, India link, for all your posts!

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you so much! (And yes, a million thanks to Sergei!) I'm happy to share and so happy people like you enjoy what I do.

[@xiaomixiaomi4686]

Есть красивше,но талант не нарисуеш,он уникален,талантище,самородок, спасибо богу и маме,за такое сакровище!!!

[@user-ym8uh3zg1l]

Дорогой Сереженька!

[@IndiaInk]

Sergei is very loved and treasured by many many people!

[@daviddemar8749]

What a beautiful, unique and uplifting video. Many thanks to whomever produced this and to sergei for dancing in it. Bravo to all involved with/in it 😊🌷

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you very much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. (I make all the music videos that have my channel name on them - India Ink). I owe an incalculable debt to Sergei for all the gifts he brings to the world with his dancing and with himself. And I'm also so very grateful to the producers and recorders of all the video clips I'm able to use for these videos. Bravo to all of them and thank you for the compliments!

[@daviddemar8749]

@@IndiaInk you're welcome and fyi im not even a ballet fan. I respect and admire anyone in the arts who is exceptional, no matter what the medium. When i was a senior in high school a girl I was dating dragged me to see The Turning Point and I was just blown away by Baryshnikov; like everyone else in the 70s. I guess Sergei has the same level of talent. Am i right?

[@IndiaInk]

Although I respected the art and might briefly enjoy watching a solo variation once very few years I was not a ballet fan until a friend showed me a video of Sergei Polunin last year. It would still be more accurate to say I'm a Polunin fan who is learning to appreciate ballet as a whole. At the moment I've seen a lot of his ballet performances and enjoy them, but have only a slowly growing interest in seeing performances that don't have him in them. But certain dancers I've been introduced to through watching him have piqued my interest. Baryshnikov is the exception to the rule, since he's the dancer I've been most familiar with my entire life and is the only one who isn't Sergei that I've watched full ballets of. Baryshnikov is astonishing and exceptional. And yes, Sergei has frequently been compared to Baryshnikov in respects to talent and charisma. Although it's always a bit unfair to compare dancers, since their personalities can't help but influence their work and they are two very different people. However, when it comes to raw talent and ability, Sergei has been recognized by peers, professionals, and critics as one of the best talents of his generation.

[@jackiedaniel2502]

Know that's right!💓👍😎💞

[@moniques4794]

Beautiful ❤ this really brought tears to my eyes...

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you. I’m grateful it was so moving to you. 🌹

[@LuLu-fc1hl]

Meraviglioso!!!!😍😍😍😍

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed.

[@fionaerleigh]

Loved it. Thank you 🙏 I appreciate your explanation of your motivation for this video, and I also identify with your sentiments. Thank you for expressing them so honestly and beautifully ❤️

[@IndiaInk]

Thanks! So happy to hear! I get a bit self-conscious about my verbosity and near- compulsive desire to explain context, so I'm very glad to hear it was meaningful. (I knew I couldn't be the only one who thought and felt similar things.)

[@user-kf2nc4mm2w]

Один из богов спустился с Олимпа. 🙏

[@BalbirSingh-gr2qk]

Inspiring for young students.

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you! I hadn't considered that perspective when making it. I'm glad to hear that.

[@Emperatriz79]

Precioso 💜✨

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed.

[@yoyit-realtor]

Love this. Thank you.

[@IndiaInk]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@kchilton27]

I’m impressed by your mad skills India Ink. Way to go here!

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you so much, Keith! 😊 (And I see what you did there. Mad World/ mad skills... “We’re all mad here,” after all. 😉😄)

[@fabioferreiragomes]

........INCRÍVEL..........ESPETACULAR.........

[@IndiaInk]

Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed!

[@michellerassp4730]

Beautiful 🌹

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you. 🌹✨

[@aubrac1285]

Très belle vidéo pour un merveilleux danseur.

[@IndiaInk]

I’m very glad you enjoyed. 🌹

[@soniaveness7648]

❤️🙏🕊🦋😍

[@IndiaInk]

❤️🌹

[@user-pu5kx9ks8b]

Очень красивый и талантливый!

[@IndiaInk]

Yes, he is.

[@nereidanunes637]

maravilhoso!!!!

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you so much!!

[@adhdartistslife384]

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen that really tells a lot about Sergei’s story. Thank you so much for sharing this.. did you actually create this compilation? Even if you didn’t thank you again for sharing it

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you! I'm so glad it conveyed what I was trying to say. And yes, I made this video using footage from "Dancer" and a few clips from other behind the scenes interviews that were made around the same time the footage for Dancer was shot.

[@christanath4303]

Great video.

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@melissahumphrey2949]

This was really nice. I've liked that song for a long time too!

[@IndiaInk]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it (especially since you haven't seen the documentary, so it's nice to know you don't have to know as much about his life to get something out of the video.)

[@melissahumphrey2949]

@@IndiaInk I do love documentaries so I may watch it one day!

[@IndiaInk]

@@melissahumphrey2949 It's very well done. (And I don't just say that because it's Polunin! ha ha.) It's available on KZbin and on Amazon and I'm sure other places to rent or buy digital or DVD. (I bought the DVD the day after I saw my first Polunin video.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpKofpRphJyDr7s

[@melissahumphrey2949]

@@IndiaInk Awesome! Thanks for the info!!

[@IndiaInk]

@@melissahumphrey2949 Of course! Always happy to share Polunin. :)

[@marisabellorini2747]

Che emozionante! 💙La musica che hai scelto e' perfetta India: tanto tanto amore sincero per Sergei da te e da tutti noi: che Dio lo protegga dalla cattiveria del mondo.

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you - and thank you for all your kind comments. ❤ I'm sorry that I don't always have time to reply, but I do read them all and it always means a lot to me to know that others find meaning in the work I make. Grazie - e grazie per tutti i vostri gentili commenti. ❤ Mi dispiace di non avere sempre il tempo di rispondere, ma li leggo tutti e per me significa sempre molto sapere che gli altri trovano un significato nel lavoro che faccio.

[@marisabellorini2747]

No problem. Sappiamo che non e' possibile rispondere sempre a tutti. E' bello che siamo cosi' tanti ad amare Sergei e questo e' possibile anche grazie a te❤ al tuo prezioso lavoro.

[@starcrib]

Gifts of motion- Earths rotating gravitational force centers in his mind. ⬜️♾️⬜️

[@laudafreire1967]

Lindo. Lindo demais

[@IndiaInk]

Thank you. Very much.

[@crackedlcd101]

We need a new choreography of Mad World dance by Sergei

[@IndiaInk]

That would be a beautiful dance to see, I’m sure.

[@richardcleveland8549]

What a compelling, complicated man . . . he seems to be two vastly different people inhabiting one body, with more than its share of grief . . . brings me to tears . . . .

[@IndiaInk]

Yes. He is, as you say, a very compelling, complicated man, with a lot of depth of thoughts and feelings. Despite how often he has been misrepresented by the media, it’s not difficult to see the sensitive, humble, and beautiful person he is.

[@richardcleveland8549]

@@IndiaInk I don't think the word "tormented" would be wrong, either . . . .

[@IndiaInk]

@richardcleveland8549 While he still has his own personal struggles and pains, I don’t see him as tormented or anywhere near as troubled now as he seemed to be before he met his wife, Elena, in 2019. (After the times in his life depicted in this video, which was my response to watching “Dancer”, which depicts his life up until around 2015. And at that time he did often seem very tormented.) Elena and his children seem to be a very stabilizing presence in his life and give him the love, support and family he was missing.

[@richardcleveland8549]

@@IndiaInk Sounds hopeful, and glad to hear your take . . . though I'm not sure what to think.

[@Korea-xq3sp]

저는 한국의 63세 주부입니다. 몇년전부터 세르게이에 빠져있습니다. 안좋은 소식이 들리면 마음이 아프고 잘되길 기도합니다. 세르게이의 멋진 영상을 볼수 있어 힘이 됩니다. 세르게이의 여러분야의 도전에 응원을 보냅니다. 세르게이의 멋진 성장을 소원합니다. 저는 세르게이를 지지합니다.

[@orsolalelli8593]

❤

[@graziachiarolanza8254]

Bellissimo ballerino.

[@IndiaInk]

🌹✨

[@user-kw3qi8ls3s]

Бесконечный Сереженька, только успехов и радости в жизни

[@svetlanaangerman7312]

Dankje wel..... Ik was een danseres...voor mijn zelf.....dus. Ik hou van

[@IndiaInk]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! It's good hear a dancer such as yourself could relate to it so well.

[@elenazavodovskaia5919]

Как классно смотриться почти без тату😍

[@IndiaInk]

I hope you enjoyed the video. If you like how he looks without tattoos you may be happy to know Sergei is working on removing all of his tattoos.

[@susien7323]

❤love the bad boy of ballet 🩰

[@sabinem3241]

Sorry :-( Thank you so much,India INK🤗

[@IndiaInk]

No problem. 😄. Happy to share. 💞

[@natasjaleeflang6365]

☀️🦆🌝

[@claravoyant4061]

Ballet is the truest form of human expression. Consider that 70;percentisnon verbalmostof wh we are trying to conmucate can't come across without body language. Avsmileon my face where there aren't creases from my eyes means I'm not ok . Telling a story through motion can be understood in abylau guage by every culture. Autistic children may find it hard to pick up to most subtle human social quesvbut et can teach them theses skills.b. We would have to do the play in my theatre with just movement mine or dance and thsnnjustbover thetoplikrea ratio play to go over what parts had to be exacerbated. They were mostly shakedpereplatsca ton of work but it really helped to understand and feel the words in the play which are often difficultije a foreign laungurbfor some people the Dan e movement exercise helped us get that through in a more understandable way than conventsl regerxals

[@IndiaInk]

Dance is very universal and powerful. 🌹

[@user-rr4hi8he9x]

В тебе загадка, Сергей,когда я её разгадаю?..

[@IndiaInk]

Sergei is definitely a deep and complex person.

[@melodyblackbird]

🩰💕♥ ❣

[@IndiaInk]

❤️✨

[@martinsteil6032]

Was für ein Kämpfet

[@IndiaInk]

(I got your correction. Glad you seem to have appreciated the video and the work Sergei puts in for his art.)

[@martinsteil6032]

Sorry was für ein Kämpfer !

[@IndiaInk]

What a fighter, yes. Sergei is beautifully resilient.

[@fidia_temple]

MITICO...