Original Dance Report

[Anna]

Domnina/Shabalin

SBS
SlLi, she balance wrapping her leg around his
Sp
DiSt
RoLi, she in half-donut

Very precise and sharp, but I’ve seen him skate this program with more expression.

32.66/31.01=63.67 104.93

Gmyzina/Lobanov

SlLi, he sits, she leans back to the cie
SBS, she stumbled after the end of the sequence
Sp she in b2h
DiSt
RoLi, she in half B.

Rather solid, but not very expressive

Yakovleva/Manvelov

SBS, out of unison
RoLi 1 hand
CoSp, both sit, he stand, she Y // both sit
CuLi, he spread, she hangs between his legs

I missed the DiSt. Weak, with no expression or precision.

Platonova/Maximishin

CoSp, she upturned cam, sit // sit, B.
SlLi, he spreadeagle, she upside down
SBS
DiSt
RoLi, she in hB on his neck.

Better than in Moscow. He is very much in character, she is “in” and “out” of it. Sometimes too cheerful, sometimes to dramatic.


Khokhlova/Novitsky

Sp, he sit, she in B, he stands, she in upside down split
SBS
SlLi, he in spreadeagle, she upside down
DiSt
RoLi, she hangs on his neck

Very well done, smooth, powerful, excellent speed.

Zlobina/Sitnikov

SlLi, low to the ice
SBS, far apart and slow
CoSp
RoLi, 1 hand hB
DiSt

Good, but not very expressive, horrible costumes.

Shmyrina/Bazdyrev

DiSt
SBS
SlLi, he 1 feet
Sp
RoLi 1 hand

Good choreography, intricate changes of holds, not much of expression. I suppose horrible costumes for Lobacheva/Averbukh were Linichuk’s ideas, because Irina students are very well dressed.

Rubleva/Shefer

SBS
SlLi he sits, she leans forward
Sp shaky
DiSt not enough flow
RoLi 1 hand, bending at waist

I thought Pla/Max were better technically, but Rub/Sch had better expression, attack and power.

[Anna]

Scores

Gm/Lob

23.58/21.52-1=44.10 70.19

Ya/Man

23.32/18.79=42.11 66.51

Pla/Max

26.00/25/09=51.09 82.95

Kh/Nov

31.00/29.11=60.11 97.26

Zlo/Sit
22.94/19.66=42/60 58.83

Shm/Baz

24.55/19.19=43.74 67.89

Rub/Sch

25.91/25.56=51.47 83.98