A day before the last GP event of the season, we invite you to relive the emotions of this year’s edition of Rostelecom Cup in Moscow. We’re in Luzhniki arena, on November 14-15, and the competitors are ready to take the ice. They’re young and beautiful, as the song says – and Inside Skating offers you precious glimpses of their performances.
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin, performing their short dance, to “Espana Caní”
Alexandra, Ivan and “Eleanor Rigby”
Jason Brown skating to “Juke” by Little Walters
“Tristan and Isolde” – the long program skated by Jason in Moscow
Maria Stavitskaia skating to “Don Quixote” by Leon Minkus
Madison Chock and Evan Bates and their version of “An American in Paris”
Misha Ge and his prayer (he chose to skate to “Ave Maria” in his short program)
A very convincing Madame Butterfly: Mirai Nagasu (and a wonderful choreography by Adam Rippon)
Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier, skating to “Speak Softly My Love” by Andy Williams in their short program
“The Lion King” – starring Haven and Brandon
Michal Brezina during his short program to music from “The Game of Thrones”
Michal, as Figaro, in Moscow
What’s not to like at Elena and Ruslan – and their version of “Carmen”?
Elena Ilinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin skating to “Appassionata”
A different type of Carmen: Rika Hongo
Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland skating their short dance in Moscow
A girl with attitude: Ashley Cain
Ashley, playing the part of Evita
Javier Fernandez, the Barber of Seville
“Crouching tiger, hidden dragon”, starring Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov
Ivan Righini skating to a Michael Jackson medley
Joshi Helgesson as the Blackbird
Victoria Sinitsina, Nikita Katsalapov and the short dance to Spanish rhythms
Victoria and Nikita skating to music by Gary Moore
Anna Pogorilaya and her “Adagio”
Takahiko Kozuka: a touching interpretation of “Io Ci Saro” by Andrea Boccelli
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov skating to “Hello” by Lionel Richie
Alexandra Aldridge, Daniel Eaton and their version of “Carmen”
Stephen Carriere skating to “La vie en rose”
Maria Artemieva: a wonderful free program to Chopin
Sergei Voronov and his free program to music by Neal Schon-Marcus Miller-Kenny G-Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Be Italian: Kristina Astakhova, Alexei Rogonov and their short program
Alexei and Kristina, as The Master and Margarita
Eliska Brezinova skating to “Megapolis” by Bel Suona
Artur Gachinski skating to “Cry Me a River” by Michael Buble
Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara during their free dance in Moscow
Jeremy Ten skating to “Hallelujah”
Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker, 2014 World Junior champions, skating their short dance in Moscow