Olympic figure skating champion Anna Shcherbakova spoke regarding her numbers in the ice show of Ilya Averbukh “Champions”.
– Anna, the final number of the show is your program, set to the verses of Bulat Okudzhava. Tell us how such an unusual idea came regarding?
– This is the idea of Ilya Averbukh. He let me listen to the music, told me the concept of the performance, and I immediately liked it very much. This is a very deep number, with meaning. I also took part in the production, saying that I think it would be better. He listened to me, so we got a joint work. Our vision of the room coincided in many respects.
They tried to put meaning into every movement, just like meaning is put into every word. How I see it, how Ilya sees it. I hope that no one will remain indifferent following our performance – and feel that we have invested in it, and see something of their own in it.
– Your second number in the show “Champions” is the Olympic program. With what emotions are you performing it now?
– I really like to ride it. It seems to me that on the show she changed, transformed and acquired a new charm. At competitions, following all, this is excitement, concentration, maximum concentration on jumps.
Choreography for me, of course, is always very important, but on the show, it seems to me, I opened up differently. In each rental, I try to invest in every movement, I think where else to add something, how to play with the audience. It seems to me that with each performance this program changes and becomes more and more theatrical and colorful,” Shcherbakova said.
