“Singles athletes twirl their fingers to their temples when we tell them we can fight for two hours trying a choreographic trick” – Khudaiberdieva

Russian figure skater Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva dancing in ice dance with Egor Bazin wrote in his column on that the details and careful elaboration of the elements are very important in their appearance.

Khudaiberdieva and Bazin are Russian champions in 2023.

— Let me tell you how the skater prepares for the coveted four minutes on the ice.

Since April, meticulous and creative research into music, images, elements and finds has continued. We often spend four to seven hours a day on the ice in the off-season. Single dancers often twirl their fingers at their temples when we dancers tell ourselves that we can struggle with a single choreographic trick for two hours without stopping. Ice dancing is all about the details: perfect musicality, clean edges, careful crafting of each arc for synchronicity, parallelism, positional proximity and artistry. After all, what distinguishes a good dancer is the interaction and unity of partners, combined with emotionality, artistry and technical skating.

Then, about a month before the competition, active preparation for the tournament begins. The difficulty is that a typical marathon runner doesn’t run 26 miles every day to prepare for the race. In figure skating, no matter how much you practice the program in parts and pieces, you cannot develop physical endurance without whole skates. You can run on a treadmill, do weight training in the gym – to no avail. The muscles used on the ice can only be developed by the number of skates,” Khudaiberdieva wrote.

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