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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