It's Team Tutberidze Tuesday! Here are a few quotes from an article about one of their choreographers. Forgive the inevitable Google translate errors. Alina is briefly mentioned. (Yes, it has come to that. We are that desperate for news about Alina
So it goes in the off-season.) -
Choreographer Alexei Zheleznyakov told about how Eteri Tutberidze began working in the group.
Zheleznyakov, a former ballet dancer, has performed in several theaters in Moscow.
“In 2010 I went on tour to Kamchatka, performed there with my team. The sound engineer of the play was Pavel Vorotnikov, his son Andrei trained by Eteri Tutberidze."
"When we returned to Moscow, we sat with Pavel next to me on the plane, talking. He asked if I wanted to try to teach modern skaters? Eteri Georgievna was looking for a teacher-choreographer. I decided to try it, met the “Sambo-70” team, gave my first lessons. In the end, I liked it and I entered the coaching staff. So a casual acquaintance on the other side of the country helped me find an interesting job in my hometown."
"My classes with athletes are mainly in the hall. I develop their coordination of movements, plasticity and strength of the body, so that a person can feel the music with every cell. When a skater owns different styles of dance, it gives a wide choice of themes for performances. And Daniil Gleykhengauz is the choreographer, he creates numbers on the ice. But the last word in choreography is always for Eteri Georgievna."
.... "Of my students today, each is unique in its own way. From Sasha Trusovoy goes mad energy, Alina Zagitova flexible as a kitty, Alena Kostornaya - lady of blue blood. Everyone is different: someone in the inner world is suitable for lyrics, for someone is passion, for someone is something light, fiery."
"Eteri Georgievna's literacy is that she sees which role suits a person, and never goes against the nature of a skater. Hence the balance between sports and aesthetics,” said Zheleznyakov.
Hopefully the other Akitas didn't complain that she was over scored. 
Alina should definitely go next time, she will love it.
(Alina & (little) Masaru last year, right after the official adoption ceremony.)
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