
Dancer(2016)
Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.

A prominent Russian ballet dancer and teacher Alexander Shiryaev had another talent hidden for almost a century. Archive materials that date back to 1906 reveal his bold experiments at stop-motion and paper animation.

Ivan Krasko
Self - Narrator (voice)

Valentina Panina
Self - Narrator (voice)

Alexander Shiryaev
Self (archive footage)
A Belated Premiere is a documentary, animation film released in 2004 exploring themes of biography, ballet, stop motion. Directed by Victor Bocharov, it stars Ivan Krasko, Valentina Panina, Alexander Shiryaev. A prominent Russian ballet dancer and teacher Alexander Shiryaev had another talent hidden for almost a century. Archive materials that date back to 1906 reveal his bold experiments at stop-motion and paper animation.
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