The first half of Alina's SP is masterful - every movement is choreographed perfectly to the music, down to the changes of position in the spin. The program and/or Alina really start to lose steam about halfway through that step sequence though, and then the second half of the program is a blur, in a bad way. Nothing stands out or seems to match the music particularly well. When she hits the jumps they are beautiful, but there's nothing deeper there during the second half of the program. It's a shame, because the first half is really, really choreographically effective.
She also needs more fierceness, but I assume that will happen with another outing or two. Still - make that second half memorable and beautiful, please!
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