The festival “Lovers of Figure Skating” was held on Wednesday at the CSKA Arena. Sports talks about the transformation of Olympic silver medalist Alexandra Trusova and other discoveries of the organizers.
The show is being held for the fifth time and each time with particular success. Last year, almost all the top figure skaters in the country took part in it, and Alina Zagitova’s musical debut was a special surprise for the fans. Then she performed with Zivert, performing the acclaimed song Credo. For several months this was the main news story in the world of figure skating, and some still remember that musical concert. This time, the organizers again decided to stir up interest in the show and organize a joint performance by Zagitova and Zivert.
“»I remember the last festival for my own musical debut, and this year I will perform in my traditional role. But if usually I «, like all skaters, I skate to recorded tracks, but now it will be live music, which will fill the show with even more energy and add complexity to the program. I’m even a little jealous of our viewers, although I’m glad to be part of their holiday,» Zagitova said a month ago before the festival.
The idea worked and the arena was completely full on Wednesday, despite concerns. The fact is that this year the event had difficulties with the composition. Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova withdrew due to injury, Kamila Valieva did not take part in the show after a decision on a 4-year disqualification, Russian champion Sofya Akatieva only recently returned to the ice after a stress fracture, and current athletes are intensively preparing for the Spartakiad, which starts on the 16th February. And it seemed that only figure skating legends could save the situation, but the organizers acted quite originally and invited very young athletes to the show. And this made the festival truly soulful.
For little athletes, such shows are still new, and their eyes sparkled at the sight of the audience. With special diligence, they tried to envelop everyone and immerse them in their story. Alisa Dvoeglazova and Arseny Fedotov performed a sensitive performance to Vakhtang's song «She». The choreographers did not put too much emphasis on the love line. Arseny performed the main role, and Alisa appeared only at the end to hug him.
This season's starlet Margarita Bazylyuk performed together with Maya Khromykh to the fiery song My Michelle «Jacket». The choreographer was able to maintain balance and let each of the girls express themselves. Khromykh showed a triple Salchow, demonstrating to the audience that failure at the Russian Championships did not knock her out, and she is ready to fight for her place in the sun in the world of figure skating. After the successful national championship and jumping championship, Bazylyuk also did not lower her demands on herself. Of course, in the dark, jumping cascades of two quadruple jumps would be too dangerous, so she limited herself to two cascades of triple jumps, which seemed to give her no difficulty. It’s not for nothing that she is often compared to Alexandra Trusova, who was also on the show today.
Recently, Trusova is not afraid to experiment with images and radically changes from demonstrative to demonstrative. Only in this show she performed to songs with two different moods. For the first time, she burst into the ice arena to Yulianna Karaulova’s composition “You’re Not Like That,” forcing the entire audience to sing along. The second number, set to the Zivert song “People Will Survive,” had a deep philosophical message: “Honest, good people will survive.” And twice Trusova looked very organic. Today, few would blame her for being unartistic or for not having very smooth lines. Before us is a new Trusova, who is capable of conveying the most complex images.
The oldest participant in the show, Alexei Yagudin, seemed to behave even more actively than the young athletes. He performed jumps, although after a recent operation almost no one expected this from him, showed acrobatic wheels, and finished it off with a crazy breakdance right on the ice.
At the end, all the athletes took their final bow together. Side by side stood those whose sports careers were long behind them, and those who were just starting their journey, but they had one thing in common. It was a bow to people who were in love with their work.
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