I love Pan's Labyrinth OST! I imagined Zhenya interpreting this melody, and my god, it is perfect, emotional, magical.
I think Lambiel is a realistic possibility. Daniil choreographed winning programs (Black Swan, Anna Karenina) so maybe they give this pass to him over Ilia. Kukushka was an experiment between Eteri and Zhenya, according to an interview with Daniil, so something good could come out of there. Eteri has a degree in Choreography as well.
I would like to see Zhenya skating a melody like the one mentioned by LittleLary + an FS with Pretty when You Cry by Lana Del Rey or some Björk song, now that voices are allowed. I think songs with female Indie voices look great on Zhenya.
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I can't wait for the documentary !!
My baby!!!:sad21: I don't understand how anyone could say that Zhenya has had everything easy. She has had to endure immense pressure these three years, she was injured just before the Olympics, her country was sanctioned, she has literally a lot of hard competition on her own icerink, and she had to keep a cold head, keeping her emotions locked all these 3 years! We all know that, and we love and admire her for her fierceness and hard work. She is even admired by Alina, Trusova, Anna and practically all her companions, because apart from being a sporting reference, she is also a warm human being, sisterly and reliable.
Pan's Labyrinth sounds like perfect choice. I loved her 2016/17 FS despite horrendous voiceovers and I think the other soundtrack I'd love to see her skate to is The Imitation Game. Every time I hear it I cry for all good reasons.
From more classical pieces Kreutzer is in my TOP10 and I believe that with good choreographer it can be extremely "skatingable" music.
I'll never understand how people can say that Zhenya had it easy. She wasn't a natural talent, in her novice and early junior days there was no indication that one day she would be two times World Champion. As child she wasn't a great spinner, her jumps are still mediocre but she was stubborn and hard working. When she finally started having successes internationally in juniors many were saying that she will be eaten alive in her domestic field after moving to seniors. When she was crowned as World Champion in Boston many claimed it was her last golden medal as "one-season-Russian-wonder". Some Julia's pseudofans were blaming her for their favourite skater retirement not to mention standard accusation of being overscored and destroying sport. Still she was standing proud breaking her own records and winning medal after the medal. Many young skaters in Russia admire her, she is inspiration for her friends from Sambo and for many still unknown girls who we will see in next 8-10 years who picked up figure skating after watching her. No wonder so many documents are dedicated to her as her life story can really be made into some sort of movie. And she has great personality. She is bubbly, funny and sometimes awkward like standard 17 year old girl but at the same time she has extremely mature mindset of athlete. She always looks for improvement and she never blames anyone for her mistakes or says that something should be given to her. Many older and more experienced skaters can learn from her
Also what's important - she still is unbeatable "internationally" as no skater from outside Russia managed to beat her so far. The only danger can come from her own domestic field.
EDIT: And lets face the truth. Every skater crowned as the best had some issues - even Yuna Kim. Her jumping technique was superb when it came to axel and toe pick jumps but her salchow and loop (when she still had it) were average. Also her spins were nothing to talk about for hours. Now when I think about it the similar problems have junior girls in Korea. Mao Asada never fixed her lutz in 100% and till the end she struggled with URs in her 3-2-2 combo. Michelle would have a lot of problems with current judging system - her skating skills, spins and spirals should be under UNESCO protection or something but her triples would be probably called more often than not.
I was actually hoping Averbukh was just exaggerating. I didn't want it to be true. Get well soon, Zhenya... *hugs*
wish you a speedy recovery.
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