Irina Zenovka speaks about choreographing a new program with a ribbon for Alexandra Borisova in Novogorsk

At the training camp in Novogorsk, the Alina festival choreographer Irina Zenovka worked with Alexandra Borisova from Moscow on a new program with a ribbon.

She spoke about the process of staging a tango-style exercise.

"The production went very well, wonderfully. I was prepared for difficult work, since we chose tango music. Very complicated music, requiring special movements, a special attitude towards it. But the music suits Sasha very well. Sasha came up with many different movements by herself, and she feels this music so well that everything came together very quickly. We left some of the things we had worked on, since the season had already started, and it was hard for us to change the main risks or anything else in the middle of the season. Of course, we improved them, and added some new catches. But basically, of course, it was working on the image and dances," she said.

The choreographer also highlighted the strengths of the Academy gymnast.

"Sasha has very beautiful spins, she makes very interesting turns, she can do many spins. This is very captivating and is always very popular with both the audience and, of course, the judges. Sasha also has a great amplitude. She has very good jumps and, probably, balance is also her strong point, she has a great high half-toe. Working with Sasha, I noticed that she is a very versatile gymnast. She can show completely different images, and in them she looks very organic and beautiful. Our composition has several parts. It starts with a slow piano, and at the end there is a fast passionate tango. And I hope that we managed to show exactly these two different images," she said.

Previously, Irina had already worked on the Academy’s gymnasts’ productions, including the group exercise team program.