Schaufuss and Polunin settle out of court

Posted on June 5, 2014

Peter Schaufuss has confirmed that he will no longer pursue damages for breach of contract against Sergei Polunin and Igor Zelensky. Polunin and Zelensky have now settled out of court.

In April 2013, Polunin and Zelensky abruptly left the Peter Schaufuss Ballet’s production of Midnight Express, days before the show opened at the London Coliseum.

Schaufuss said: “I am delighted that this has now come to a close with a settlement out of court. It has been agreed that the content of the settlement is confidential.” 

Picture: Sergei Polunin. Photograph: Eric Richmond

Zoe Anderson

Zoë was born in Edinburgh, and saw her first dance performances at the Festival there. She is the dance critic of The Independent, and has also written for The Independent on Sunday, The Scotsman and Dancing Times. In 2002, she received her doctorate from the University of York for a thesis on “Nationhood and epic romance: Ariosto, Sidney, Spenser”. She is the author of The Royal Ballet: 75 Years and The Ballet Lover’s Companion.