'Dancer' is heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure. It is so much more than a conventional documentary. This will stay with me; as a parent, I found it particularly moving. Beautifully "scripted" through huge amounts of relevant footage, interviews with closest family, mentors and friends as well as the man himself - the story unfolds beautifully without the need for any overdubbed narration. From the earliest dance school footage to his days of Principal at the Royal Ballet, and reaching well beyond (and below) that watershed moment of his departure from London, it is a visceral, yet intimate and deeply-moving portrayal of Palunin.