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Yulia Pchelkina & Maria Arkhipova MAJOR GROM: THE GAME (2024)

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Spoilers for the movie Major Grom: The Game

Major Grom: The Game | Unfortunate takes

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Masha Scream in Arkona's Kob' music video: part 1

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Maria Arkhipova & Alexey Mechetny // Argentine Tango // Choreography by Dmitry Vasin

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Arkona

11.5.18

Chicago, IL., USA

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🖤 Maria Arkhipova of ARKONA 🖤

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Very old acoustic songs. The site I usually listen to them on is down but I think my favorite is arrivederci (24:16) And malenkaya devochka (19:15). She posted translations people did of all of them but right now I can only remember the basic gist of a few of them

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Liki Bessmertnykh Bogov

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*whispers* fuck yes... 

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This is Maria Arkhipova, vocalist for Arkona, and ain’t she gorgeous! I’m still getting used to their sound, but my list of metal ladies to worship is probably expanding.

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JGP Croatia 2019 Preview

Entries: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111908.htm Results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1920/jgpcro2019/ Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbv3gsBXzIwotCt2JGySfJA

We have two more weeks of the Junior Grand Prix, and spots in the Final are starting to fill up. This week, we are off to the JGP Croatia! As a note, this is the final week for Junior Pairs!

Schedule

9/26: Men’s SP: 10:30; Pairs SP: 14:10; Ladies SP: 16:50 9/27: Ice Dance RD: 11:00; Pairs FP: 14:00; Men’s FP: 17:00 9/28: Ice Dance FD: 12:15; Ladies FP: 16:25; 

The Junior’s Men’s competition looks to be intense - there are nine skaters who have broken the 200-mark before, eight of whom have either medaled this season or medaled in the past, with Adam Siao Him Fa of France making his season debut, seeking to set himself up to qualify for the Final in his final season on the circuit.

In the Junior Ladies event, Haien Lee of South Korea looks to solidify her spot after winning her previous competition, but she faces tough competition from the Russians. In the Junior Pairs event, Annike Hocke and Robert Kunkel look to continue their great debut season as a pair by qualifying for the Final and stopping a possible Russian sweep of the podium.

In the Junior Ice Dance event, Maria Kazakova and Gregory Reviya of Georgia look to secure their spot in the Final, while holding off strong competition from Russia, Canada, and the Czech Republic.

Skaters to Watch

As always, these are not necessarily medal contenders, but skaters that should bet watched.

Junior Men: Luc Maierhofer (AUT), Stephen Gogolev (CAN), Aleksa Rakic (CAN), Matyas Belohradsky (CZE), Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA), Mark Gorodnitsky (ISR), Shun Sato (JPN), Sihyeong Lee (KOR), Artur Danielan (RUS), Andrei Mozalev (RUS), Andrew Torgashev (USA) Junior Pairs: Huidi Wang/Ziqi Jia (CHN), Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER), Iuulia Artemeva/Mikhail Nazarychev (RUS), Diana Mukhametzianova/Ilia Mironov (RUS), Anna Shcheglova/Ilia Kalashnikov (RUS) Junior Ladies: Mana Kawabe (JPN), Chisato Uramatsu (JPN), Haien Lee (KOR), Daria Usacheva (RUS), Anna Frolova (RUS), Anastasia Arkhipova (UKR), Gabriella Izzo (USA) Junior Ice Dance: Nadia Bashynska/Peter Beaumont (CAN), Emmy Bronsard/Aissa Bouaraguia (CAN), Natalie Tascherlova/Filip Taschler (CZE), Maria Kazakova and Gregory Reviya (GEO), Svetlana Luzinova/Alexander Vakhnov (RUS), Sofya Tyutyunina/Alexander Shustitsky (RUS), Katarina Delcamp/Ian Somerville (USA)

JGP Final Qualification

Okay, so let’s start with the Junior Men, cause there are several skaters fighting for a Final spot:

Shun Sato of Japan and Andrei Mozaelv of Russia both need to only medal to earn a place in the Final - even a top-four finish might do it for them. Stephen Gogolev of Canada, Artur Daneilan of Russia, Sihyeoung Lee of South Korea and Aleksa Rakic of Canada all must place at least second or better in order to qualify. Andrew Torgashev of the US must win in order to qualify.

In the Junior Ladies event, Daria Usacheva of Russia needs to place second or higher in order to qualify for the Final, while Heien Lee of South Korea needs only to medal in order to secure her spot. 

With this being the last week for Junior Pairs, Artemeva and Nazarychev of Russia, Hocke and Kunkle of Germany, and Mukhametzianova and Moronov of Russia need only to medal in order to go to the Final.

In the Junior Ice Dance event, Kazakova and Reviya of Georgia need to only place second or higher in order to secure their spots in the Final. Bashynska and Beaumont of Canada, Tascherlova and Taschler of the Czech Republic, and Tyutyunina and Shustitsky of Russia need to place at least second in order to put themselves into contention for the Final.

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MARIA ARKHIPOVA MAJOR GROM: THE GAME (2024)

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Callbacks Group Round

DAM´EN

Svetlana Kambur / Светлана Камбур

Dima Levanov / Дима Леванов

Maria Arkhipova / Мария Архипова

Brian Opoku / Брайан Опоку

Ksenia Goryacheva / Ксения Горячева

Robert Amirov / Роберт Амиров

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What is your favorite role for Nikolai? Who do you think was his best partner?

As with any dancer I like and admire, I struggle to pick just one role of Nikolai’s I really love. Tsiskaridze is a born and bred classical danseur, but his main strengths are charisma and a very pronounced individuality, which gets sort of “muted” by the classical repertoire. I read a comment once that said that Tsiskaridze is “too alive” for stuffy classical ballets. It’s a paradox. Everything about Tsiskaridze is a bloody paradox… I wonder what his career would’ve been like had he accepted the offer to join Bejart Ballet.

Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that even though Nikolai is one of the best classical danseurs to ever come out of Russia, his best roles, in my opinion, are the ones that highlight his individuality and let him step outside of the classical box.

Hermann in Roland Petit’s “Queen of Spades” is rightly considered Nikolai’s biggest triumph and the highlight of his career. The role was tailor-made for him and showcases everything he is capable of as a danseur and an actor. The role is so complex, physically demanding, and so fitted to Tsiskaridze, that the ballet has only ever had one cast*. I honestly don’t think Nikolai had ever poured himself into any other role as much as he had with Hermann.

It might sound like a weird one for me to choose, but The Teacher in Flemming Flindt’s “The Lesson” (based on Ionesco’s play) is another one of Nikolai’s great roles. It is a brilliant example of Nikolai’s superb acting skills and his ability to take a completely different approach to a role than any other dancer / actor. “The Lesson” made me lament the fact that Tsiskaridze didn’t go into theatre or film after his retirement from ballet. The Teacher is also a very rare example of Nikolai (consciously or subconsciously) pouring his sexuality into a role. It’s fun to watch.

*A second cast (Gudanov / Alexandrova) was actually brought in during Nikolai’s injury and Ilze Liepa’s pregnancy, but that was a one-off. Tsiskaridze is Hermann. 

[EDIT] Sorry, I forgot to respond to the question about Nikolai’s partner!

Tsiskaridze had been really lucky in his career. He got to partner some amazing ballerinas, including Nadezhda Pavlova, Nadezhda Gracheva, Natalia Arkhipova, Svetlana Zakharova, Svetlana Lunkina, etc. But I think that Maria Alexandrova was his best partner. Nikolai and Maria have known each other since the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, they are close friends and had danced together for the duration of Nikolai’s career. They had great chemistry and were a very natural fit. On top of that, Maria had figured our how to “work” Tsiskaridze and handled his mood swings and the general Tsiskaridze-ness like a pro.