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Anastasia Gracheva (who was fourth in line, chosen over Anna Sidorova).
2019-20 Russian Ladies' Figure Skating
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Anastasia Gracheva (who was fourth in line, chosen over Anna Sidorova).
I wonder if Vasilieva has problems with growth spurts? I remember thinking at the JGPF, that it was very uncharacteristic of her to miss both her Lutzes.
I just hope that this doesn't affect her chances of getting GPs next season.
So, all four Anastasias will be at RusNats after all. That looked very unlikely a couple of months ago.
I just hope that this doesn't affect her chances of getting GPs next season.
So, all four Anastasias will be at RusNats after all. That looked very unlikely a couple of months ago.
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Anna obviously stands out here, but Sasha is surprisingly good, she matches the music, not just movements. Aliona probably needs to try some other style, she could do well in lyrical dance IMO.
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I thought Anna was the best as always, but Aliona seemed better than usual, especially in her range of movement. She seems to be able to execute all the movements but gets behind the fast music. Sasha did better than she used to at matching the music but her upper body is still stiff compared to Anna and Aliona. Dasha, this is not your style. Stick to the ballads please!!
Unfortunately Kamila was not always in view so it’s hard to tell for her.
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If this were So You Think You Can Dance, only Anya and Moris would move on to the next round.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Te0fYJzOu/?igshid=19iwfcjii475a
Two different views of the new dance! I'm so happy the dance videos are back in business
Two different views of the new dance! I'm so happy the dance videos are back in business
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Te0fYJzOu/?igshid=19iwfcjii475a
Two different views of the new dance! I'm so happy the dance videos are back in business
That video underlines that Anna is really the most musical and natural dancer there (imo).
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Anna is the real standout in the videos of that dance - she is not just musical, she moves more fully and better than the others. You can even see it in the opening steps, when the other girls are just stepping sideways, but Anna is lifting her feet higher and placing them more sharply and cleanly, with the rhythm, than anyone else.
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YOG is only 3 weeks away, Vasil'yeva hopefully will compete there.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Te0fYJzOu/?igshid=19iwfcjii475a
Two different views of the new dance! I'm so happy the dance videos are back in business
Who is the small girl next to Kvitelashvili in the rear row? Sof'ya Akat'yeva to go by the second clips?
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It appears to me that she just loves performing on and off the ice for her own sake, that's why she is fully invested to every movement. In addition to that comes also pure talent and musicality. What a star! Of course, everyone else did very well too. Sasha has improved tremendously, hats off to Zheleznyakov for his achievement.
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No, she hasn't and never had. It's shallow outside - flat at worst. Why there are so many people who desperately want to label her as flutzer is beyond me
Oh I completely forgot about that! Well, I hope she's not injured. I wonder who is the 1st alternate if Vasilieva won't go? Wikipedia had Tarakanova listed before but that has been deleted now...
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#TeamTutberidzeForProgress made the wise choice to combine PE and dance in one and she same lesson, for it is both fun and challenging. There is still PE for specific training needs, and ballet for the classical posture, poses and pliees lessons. I remember to have read there is a new ballet teacher hired.
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I’ve been looking for the full list of entries and substitutes but I haven’t been able to find anything either.
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Galina Podtykova, a former Bolshoi ballerina, is the new*** ballet teacher in TeamTut
*** well, not exactly new - she worked in Khrustalny in 2014-15, took a maternity leave afterwards.
Thanks for the info!
I'm not sure how much it matters for the training of figure skaters, but personally I prefer the Mariinsky ballet/Vaganova Academy-trained dancers over the Bolshoi...
In my opinion, they have better use of their upper body and arms. (I once attended a talk with Polina Semionova, who trained at the Bolshoi school, and even she said she wished she had trained at the Vaganova academy instead.) That is one advantage the skaters in St Petersburg have--I seem to recall that Yuri Smekalov from Mariinsky choreographed a program for Liza T..?I wonder why Anastasia Gracheva was selected to Russian Nationals instead of Anna Sidorova. Sidorova was 4th and 5th in her events while Gracheva was 5th and 6th. Sidorova also had a better combined total.
Maybe it was too close to the competition and Sidorova wasn't prepared?.
Maybe it was too close to the competition and Sidorova wasn't prepared?.
