Coach of the Khavronina-Narizhny duet: “In the case of rhythm dance, David immediately said that he wanted to skate to Michael Jackson”

Maria Borovikova, duo dance coach Irina Khavronina /David Narizhny in an interview with , she said she was sympathetic to the skater’s desire to take Michael Jackson’s music for rhythm dancing, despite the risk of coincidence with the programs of his opponents.

Khavronina and Narizhny teamed up last winter in the group of Denis Samokhin and Borovikova. In their first season, the skaters became winners of two stages of the Russian Grand Prix, and also won bronze at the Russian Championship and the Spartakiad of the Strongest.

— After David’s story last year, it seems you have democracy in your group. How to build relationships with students? Do you give them a lot of freedom in terms of choice of music, new elements, participation in this or that tournament?

— It makes sense to behave a little differently with older athletes. After all, they have formed their own “I”, they have tastes and principles.

Of course, we always discuss music and costumes together. We make decisions together. A coach should not tell an adult: “This is the only way and no other way.” » But if we think that a piece of music is clearly not suitable, that the judges and the public will not accept it, we will of course reject it. So far, such peremptory situations have not arisen – we generally have the same opinions. For example, in the case of rhythm dancing, David immediately declared that he wanted to skate to Michael Jackson. From the outside, there was a lot of talk that everyone would choose Jackson. But I know what it’s like to love your work: our whole family loves this music. Therefore, when David expressed his desire, we were sincerely in favor of it,” Borovikova told .