Skaters Talk About Their Performances at “Champions: Favorite Songs About the Main Thing” Gala Evening

Shortly before the start of the gala evening “Champions. Favorite songs about the main thing “creator of the project Ilya Averbukh, as well as other skaters talked to reporters. Averbukh answered first.

– What are the features of staging a show on a military theme?
– The most difficult thing is for a person who conventionally “dances” on skates to look like in any of the military songs and put on a military uniform so that it does not turn into a masquerade and an attraction. This is a very difficult task, I try to cope with it in every issue. I really hope that we will succeed, because if the music, the artist, the costume, everything enters into dissonance, we get the opposite effect.

The main surprise is the appearance at Averbukh Daria Usacheva. Many were surprised by the fact that during the recently completed tour Eteri Tutberidze Dasha stayed in Moscow, although a year ago, just recovering from an injury, the figure skater performed in her coach’s show. So today, Usacheva has her first public performance in almost 365 days, after all the rumors about a possible transition to dancing.

– Rumors about the transition to dancing and the future? As you can see, now I’m skating alone – I think that says it all (smiles). And in general, as they say: “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” So I think it’s best to keep it to yourself.

Are there any cool jumps in the video? Thank you (laughs). I restored all the triples, there are no obstacles for performances in single skating. Is there a chance to see me at test skates? He is always there.

Two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva will perform both solo and in pairs.

– Both my number and the number with Sasha Enbert are about love, about loyalty, about expecting the best from this world. We have an inspiring theme. The song “Swan Fidelity” is absolutely inspiring, reminding that there is love and fidelity in the world.

For Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin, today’s performance is the first after a long break.

– How do you feel returning to the ice after the break?
Stepanova: We miss you very much, we ride with great inspiration. At the rehearsal, we were able to feel the hall, even though it was still empty. We are looking forward to seeing the audience.

Bukin: I tried so hard that I fell in rehearsals! I hope that on our first performance of the break I will stay on my feet.

How did you prepare for your return?
Stepanova: We just took it and went to the ice (laughs).

Bukin: Gathered, got up, woke up, washed. Decided to go.

How do you feel as young parents?
Stepanova: Vanya became a parent a year ago. I’m very recent.

Bukin: A little more, yes. Year and four.

StepanovaA: Fine, very happy. Amazing and incomparable feeling, I think

Olympic champion Alexey Yagudin will perform with the number “How young we were.”

– I was asked to perform this number. Today, Tatyana Anatolyevna will be there again, again. I thought I was the only one who could react like that. Through tears, the number was put. Sometimes they arise at some demonstration performances, because sooner or later this freight train, this train, as I call it, consisting of cars, will still reach a certain point. Time is rapidly flying forward. I remember how, as a boy who starts figure skating in his native Leningrad, I dreamed of becoming older. To have some say in the dressing room, to make decisions. One day, I left home for an apartment under construction that I had purchased for my parents because I wanted a dog. I took a folding bed and lived there, in this renovation. I wanted to be an adult. Now, even though I’m still a child at heart, I understand that I want to go back to that time. As I was taught, you need to take off your rose-colored glasses. I try to go without them. Especially when Tatyana Anatolyevna is present, I understand that it was a wonderful period of life, work with her. The song has powerful vocals, powerful lyrics. He talks about what happened at a certain point in time.

Now, of course, other values. Family, dogs – one carries everything, the other, on the contrary, is cool and calm. Wife, completely different daughters. Something else appears. From all this you will extract valuable moments, but there, on the ice, practically without having a lot of things in your arsenal. March 18, you know, and the stick shoots once. So she fired.