The tournament of the skaters “Russian Call” deceived the fans. Our stars do not want to leave the comfort zone

With rare exceptions, the beginning of the removal of Russian skaters in the usual calendar appeared new competitions to maintain the season familiar in length and fullness. Now he even looks more saturated than ever. The figure in our country is only developing, while in the world it stagnates. In March, the Russian call show program is traditionally held. As with all experimental formats, he needs time to settled down, understand what works and what is not to get a truly high-quality start, which the participants and fans will wait every year. It seemed identical that the current version would be very different. Clearly limited the age of the participants, because among the audience there were serious dissatisfaction with two victories Alexey Yagudina With rather controversial productions. And it worked – there were more acting athletes who were very expected.Alexander Myuskin, Sport24 Also decided to make a more transparent judge system, where the final assessment includes the voices of the jury from the world of art, figure skating and spectators in the stands. Previously, fans could only give a prize of spectator sympathy by voting. Here they could affect the main title, which is much more appreciated. If there were no big surprises in the three leaders, then the opinions of spectators and judges were largely dispersed. The most expectations were due to the stated conditions for competitive numbers. The regulation clearly says: “The indicative number should contribute to the creation of the atmosphere of the holiday, arouse good and positive emotions from the audience, surprise with skill and cheer up. Any creative, technical and musical solution – without restrictions, with one condition: deliver joy to people! ”Alexander Myusakin, Sport24v, resulted in the most serious topic for discussion. The lyrical compositions have always been a “classic” of figure skating, and at the tournament of show programs they were evaluated much better, which also caused a wave of discontent. Own, that's why the organizers introduced such a rule as an experiment. But they themselves did not cope with the simplest task – to select applications that correspond to the topic. For example, what wrote in the application Anna Shcherbakovawhen did you cook my number? She did not show anything new, did not use all the possibilities, but showed her usual indicative about suffering and pain. I would like to ask many skaters the same question. It is especially funny to listen to excuses Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukinwhen the audience already understood exactly that they were deceived with such regulations: “We thought a lot about what number we would put. It is clear that something cheerful was needed, probably perky. But, nevertheless, we decided to go a little contrary to, to do what we like. Love number, ”said Stepanova.Alexander Myuskin, Sport24, here they did not go against, but made their usual gala-number, showed the lack of any desire to develop. And this is the main problem of figure skating, which is clearly traced on the “Russian call”. Everyone works on the principle of “it works” and continue to ride under the lyrics without a desire to turn it into something worthwhile. To create a holiday on ice, theatrical production, to experiment – our athletes are too lazy and shy for this. Only units are able to leave the comfort zone over and over again. Just look at how diverse the program line Mark Kondratyuk. A real find for a classroom choreographer. He rolls everything, and even engaged in innovation. Remember his short program of this season in the style of an electric house that has become a hit. And the judges only fuele this understanding that, despite the regulation, experiments are not accepted. It is better to go out, walk beautifully with a sad expression on your face, or you can also play cheap manipulation, as in the case of Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov. Especially insulting for Matvey Vetlugin. His few indicative, performance on the first “Russian call” show the entire scale of the ideas that are in the head of the skater. Here he also directed all his natural artistry and unreal skating to show a copy of the setting of Yagudin. It is especially upset that with such an absolutely empty and truly vulgar work, he has long leaded in the judicial assessment.Alexander Myusakin, Sport24 from this 4.5 hours, it is very difficult to watch the tournament. It is definitely necessary to reduce the number of participants, because half will definitely not show anything interesting. A year ago Stanislav Konstantinov They turned out literally on rehearsals for the “discrepancy.” In the same year, many were not only missed, but also put upstairs to the standings. It is sad, but the gala earlier after the Russian championship, and the Russian Call tournament have nothing to do with the real concept of the show. It only cultivates the conservativeness of figure skating and shows even the most talented and bright: “Nobody needs your experiments here, rummage the tragedy, bring us to tears, and we will praise us.” As usual, everyone doesn’t care about the audience, the tournament does not do to “deliver joy to people”.Alexander Myuskin, Sport24