Thanks for the video! I really hope she skates to Aranjuez, preferably as a LP. It would suit her SO well. Please Daniil and Eteri if you are reading this!!
So in the Japanese TV interview that was aired before Worlds was canceled, Aliona said (according to the Japanese subtitles): "On the ice, I like to act out emotional stories. Rather than expressing a battle/conflict or happiness, I think I might be better at portraying tragedies."
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9mTu0BJj-k/
One of our Russian speakers might be able to provide a more direct translation.
For me, personally, while I think Aranjuez is lovely and melancholy, it's a little too slow for my tastes. I want Aliona to skate to something with more intensity and also a faster rhythm and more flow.
If I were to pick a Latin-sounding song for Aliona to skate to, it probably would be something more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HDYZAD-kUI
It has the intensity I'd want for her (and Aliona did say she likes skating to "aggressive" music), and the underlying beat is quite fast, which I think would lend itself to Aliona flying across the ice quickly...
Separately, I'm trying to think of what tragic pieces Aliona might skate to... :think:
For a while, I've been thinking it might be really amazing if she skated to Barber's Adagio for Strings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3MHeNt6Yjs
The part where it builds over 4:30-6:00 is so powerful, and I could just see that really resonating on a big stage like the Olympics. But it is very slow and a bit repetitive, which would make it very tricky to pull off effectively.