Elena Ilinykh / Alexey Lyubimov // RASPUTIN Dance Montage

Dance montage with Elena Ilinykh (Елена Ильиных), Alexey Lyubimov (Алексей Любимов), Djorjde Kalenic, and Dmitry Gostev with footage from "Rasputin" (Распутин), performed by Sergei Polunin's dance company, Polunin Ink, at The London Palladium, England, in 2019, and at Crocus City Hall, Moscow, June 2021.

Song: He's My Son by Mark Schultz
Original "Rasputin" choreography by Yuka Oishi
Alexey Lyubimov : Tsar Nicholas II
Elena Ilinykh: Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna
Djorjde Kalenic and Dmitry Gostev: Tsesarevich Alexey

Оригинальная хореография Юки Оиси «Распутин».
Танцевальный монтаж с Еленой Ильиных , Алексеем Любимовым, Дмитрий Гостев, и Джоржде Каленик с кадрами из спектакля «Распутин» в исполнении танцевальной ансамбля Сергея Полунина «Полунин Инк» в The London Palladium, Англия, 2019 год, и Крокус Сити Холл, Москва, июнь 2021 года.

Алексей Любимов : Царь Ничолас И
Елена Ильиных: Царина Александра Фёдоровна
Джоржде Каленик & Дмитрий Гостев : Цесаревич Алексей

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ABOUT THE VIDEO: When you grow up with a loved one who has a chronic illness, the awareness of the possibility of losing them and the measures that are taken to try to make the loved one well become the backdrop of your life. It’s taken me a lifetime to find a way to adequately express what it feels like to live with this shadow. But here, finally, through these dancers, especially Elena, I have someone who can do it for me.

I can’t begin to explain what is to be able to take the movements and emotions someone else has poured out and to be able to borrow them to pour my own heart and feelings onto an editing timeline and create something that I can step back and watch and finally, finally, be able to say, “This. This is how I feel.”

Sergei’s dance gave me that gift in a way I thought no one else ever could. And so far, no no one else ever has. Except Elena.

“Thank you” doesn’t quite seem enough to say.

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LYRICS:
"He's My Son"

I'm down on my knees again tonight,
I'm hoping this prayer will turn out right.
See, there is a boy that needs Your help.
I've done all that I can do myself
His mother is tired,
I'm sure You can understand.
Each night as he sleeps
She goes in to hold his hand,
And she tries
Not to cry
As the tears fill her eyes.

Can You hear me?
Am I getting through tonight?
Can You see him?
Can You make him feel all right?
If You can hear me
Let me take his place some how.
See, he's not just anyone, he's my son.

Sometimes late at night I watch him sleep,
I dream of the boy he'd like to be.
I try to be strong and see him through,
But God, who he needs right now is You.
Let him grow old,
Live life without this fear.
What would I be
Living without him here?
He's so tired,
And he's scared
Let him know that You're there.

Can You hear me?
Am I getting through tonight?
Can You see him?
Can You make him feel all right?
If You can hear me
Let me take his place some how.
See, he's not just anyone, he's my son.

Can You hear me?
Am I getting through tonight?
Can You see him?
Can You make him feel all right?
If You can hear me
Let me take his place somehow.
See, he's not just anyone.

Can You hear me?
Can You see him?
Please don't leave him,
He's my son.

Writer(s): Mark Mitchell Schultz

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