PB:What’s the biggest challenge you’ve faced in your career?
PB:What gives you the most pleasure in terms of dance?
PB:Are you ever worried about forgetting your steps?
IV: I am not very good with expressing myself through the words, so I feel that dance gives me freedom to express myself. When I dance at the show or competition or even just doing a simple dance move or fooling around with my dance colleagues I feel so free – it is a great feeling.
PB:Can you identify some particularly memorable performing experiences? Or perhaps some that you would rather forget about?
IV: The biggest challenge would be after my knees surgeries. It is hard to come back. Your body never feels the same: there are some restrictions and I don’t feel safe with some of the moves. But on the other side it makes me connected better to my body and listen to it more careful.
PB:How do you unwind after a long day rehearsing/performing?
IV: Sometimes, when the choreography is new. But everybody have blank moments when they are performing and those ones can happen any time. But I don’t get worried to much.
PB:What is your breakfast of choice?
IV: My favorites are national and world competitions which happen every year, with hundreds of couples competing with you on the same dance floor. And also work at the Mariinsky theater in St. Petersburg – one of the most famous theaters in the world. This feeling when you are on the stage is fantastic and
PB:What kind of snacks do you eat to keep you going through the day?
PB:So you are expecting? When and how do you feel to be mam soon?
PB:How do you see your career with a new familly member?
IV: Dinner and movie with love of my life at home.
quite addicting.Off course there so many funny moments with falls and mistakes which make me laugh every time when one of them comes to my mind
IV: Omelet, juice and coffee at home or just something on the go.
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