Guys, the competitive season ended a month ago and I still find myself almost every day watching either Alina's SP or LP, mostly from the Olympics but the other performances also have this hypnotizing effect on me... Every time I start watching them, I feel like I am watching for the first time and although I know what's coming next, I still feel surprised by the complex and rich step sequences and the dramatic (Black Swan) and joyful (DQ) jumping and spinning parts. And I can't get enough, they just look so satisfying with the music accents and her grace and air and spin positions. I absolutely love these emblematic programs.
I even found an article in Russian that was posted here last year with a translation of Alina's answer to the question what her new SP will be like - The source is
http://www.fsrussia.ru/intervyu/302...a-ldu-babushka-podruzhilas-s-kompyuterom.html
And her explanation is: "The story is about how an innocent white Swan was born, which is faced with the cruelty and reality of our world, and gradually turns into what it is necessary for him to be in this world to achieve the result and the knowledge of perfection."
And with time, I got used to her short program and can feel this transformation, I think it fits her personal story and development in the world of figure skating perfectly. Oh and not to mention how I get goosebumps from the moment she does the Charlotte spiral until the big finale. Russians just know how to perform to big music.
By the way, a small observation about Alina's start and end of the season - her first competition was the Lombardia Trophy, she won it and had a good time with Daniil in Milan after her first senior win
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZHV4P4lbGR/?taken-by=d_gleikh (People even ship them in the comment section below, lol
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And then she goes back to Milan a few months later as the reigning Olympic champion and has her only defeat for the whole season. Isn't it interesting how different and important both events for her carrier are and both of them in Italy? I wish she goes back there for the third time and wins SP and LP! And I wish to be there to witness it
And last but not least - it's a great idea to make a channel with the best videos of Alina! I love the head video of Alina doing the combo for the bank commercial but taken from this particular angle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=aKE12fiDcnA Maybe they should have used this footage for the actual commercial but the original is also very impressive.
