By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 05:23 EST, 10 April 2013 | UPDATED: 05:46 EST, 10 April 2013 Ballet prodigy Sergei Polunin has turned up in Moscow after vanishing just days before his new show was set for its UK premiere. There were fears after the 23-year-old Ukrainian, dubbed the bad boy of ballet, stopped showing up for rehearsals for the UK premiere of Midnight Express a week before the show was to start. The show's director, Peter Schaufuss, had expressed concern for the star, who is well known for his party lifestyle. Sergei Polunin dances with Tamara Rojo at the Royal Ballet in February: The wildchild ballet star has turned up in Moscow after last week fleeing rehearsals for Midnight Express, his latest London show
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Sergei Polunin stopped going to rehearsals for Midnight Express last week
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The contemporary ballet opened last night with his understudy in lead role
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Spokesman for Polunin's Russian ballet company says he has returned
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There is still no answer as to why he suddenly left London
he returned to the stage quickly, performing with @placeholder's Stanislavsky