Me too! Her Russian Folk EX is so special, her expressions are the best. Although I love all her performances too, her one program is different from another performance. I love her Fifth Element and J.Lo SP and all her FPAnd then her Russian folk exhibition from Sochi - I'm a total sucker for those programs.
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That is the performance that made me a fan. Prior to that, when I saw Lena on the GP circuit, I just thought she was a cute jumping bean, and I didn't pay too much attention to her because she was too young for the Olympics. But it was that Sochi performance that made me realize that Lena is an amazing entertainer--she played the home crowd perfectly!
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That is definitely the sun that we know and love.
Really? Then maybe if I am more patient with my cp signal it would work~~ i hope xDHmm, well they work on my computer, but they do take a long time to load...
On the plus side, Sergey Bermeniev posted the pic that Lena is using as her Instagram profile:
http://instagram.com/p/x9vLIDBKKH/?modal=true
Hooray!
ETA Here's another cute photo with Sima:
https://twitter.com/kanadenoki/status/556116530971156482/photo/1
Speaking of the Sochi gala, here's a nice little Vine clip:I'm also a fan of that Sochi Gala performance! This might sound weird, but when I see that I think of Tolstoy's "War and Peace".:shocked: There's this scene where Natasha does a Russian folk dance after a wolf hunting trip in "uncle's cabin/lodge" (haven't read it in english). The narrator (I like to think Tolstoy himself) is fascinated at how well she performs and how truly she understands the "soul of Russia". This is one of my favorite bits of that great novel.
By the way, Countess Natasha Rostova, one of the main characters, is an emotional, petite teenage girl usually full of positive energy. "Constantly smiling and laughing" as Andrei observes the first time he sees her. She's also very musical, a great dancer and she is from Moscow.
Now you probably understand why it's difficult for me to seperate the two performances
But then at the end of the book, Natasha lets herself go and becomes fat and plain (but happy), and I don't want that to happen to Lena!
Actually, now I am thinking that Lena is like a fairytale princess! In the interview with her parents, her mom mentioned that other nicknames for "Elena" are "Elena the Fair" and "Elena the Wise," but I didn't know who they were, so I looked them up.
Here's a story about Elena the Fair:
http://stpetersburg-guide.com/folk/swolf.shtml
And one about Elena the Wise:
http://www.multistorytheatre.co.uk/cleverclogs/Yelena.pdf
I can certainly picture Lena as either of these pretty princesses!
Great job, detectiveI just wanted to bring attention back to this interview, which I thought was sooo interesting!! :agree: Inna Goncharenko sounds like such a smart coach, and I hope that Lena is able to stay with her. I do think the fact that they have been together so long contributes to Lena's stability/consistency.
I thought it was really interesting how she said she thought Lena has "cosmic abilities."
It's a gala. She's probably relaxed and not as focused as she is in competition. I mean, she also seemed to struggle a bit on the first spin, and you can sure she won't do that in competition.I watched her most recent performance. She seem to grow for a couple of inches since the Russian nationals...
I feel a little worried seeing her stepping out on the second jump. Not normal for Lena. Hope the puberty does not affect her for Europeans/Worlds.
