Though right now it is very cold in Tallinn, today’s Original Dance warmed up the crowd in a great way – practically everyone wanted to dance along with the couples. But of course, all they could do was just clap and dance staying seated. This heated the atmosphere on the tribunes even more – from the very beginning a tough battle was expected to happen on the ice of Saku Suurhall. Jana and Sergei withstood it, having made one small mistake though, and are currently third. Their Russian dance was judged highly and scored 58.59 which so far is the seasons best score. The Olympics are just about to come but still there is some time to work on the levels of the step sequences in order to conquer both the crowd and the judges in Vancouver.

 

The nearest goal is to make a good presentation of the exclusively new Free Dance called "Zhar-Ptica” by Igor Stravinsky. This program not only reflects the spirit of Russian fairytale epos; it reflects Jana and Sergei’s character. The fact that they are the first skaters and the first Russians to embody the famous music of the great Russian composer is very symbolic and significant. Especially now, when the whole world is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Diaghilev’s "The Russian seasons”, the trademark of which is the "Zhar-Ptica”. This dance may become a fabulous ending of the Free Dance programs – Jana and Sergei, exactly like a year ago in Helsinki, are scheduled to close the Ice Dance competition. Then why not make a tradition of skating a masterpiece Free Dance at the very end of the big battle?

 

1 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI            ITA  61.68
2 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN        RUS 61.49
3 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT       FRA 60.08
4 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI   RUS 58.59
5 Sinead KERR / John KERR                         GBR 57.05
6 Alexandra ZARETSKY / Roman ZARETSKY  ISR 55.92
7 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO  UKR 54.30
8 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV     RUS 53.03
9 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE             ITA 52.83
10 Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV        UKR 51.22

 

1 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN        RUS  104.27
2 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI            ITA  99.15
3 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI   RUS  96.46
4 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT       FRA  96.44
5 Sinead KERR / John KERR                         GBR  93.81
6 Alexandra ZARETSKY / Roman ZARETSKY  ISR  90.55
7 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE             ITA  88.76
8 Anna ZADOROZHNIUK / Sergei VERBILLO  UKR  86.90
9 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV     RUS  86.36
10 Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUEV        UKR  83.37