The story of Dario Chirisano is full of unexpected turns: the skater experienced a painful breakup with Irina Khavronina, he wanted to compete for the Czech Republic or Italy, but received a strict refusal from the FFKKR and a lot of unflattering comments about him. The experts shouted that the athlete was not needed in the country, but they did not let him go and forcibly kept him in the national team. But because they understood that Chirisano was too important.
Now Darío has returned to the competitive ice with a new partner. He and Elizaveta Pasechnik, under the leadership of the incomparable Angelica Krylova, are ready to storm the tops. What are their perspectives and what do the skaters themselves have? They revealed all the secrets in the “Skating” podcast of “Championship”.
The federation forcibly kept Cirisano in Russia
The fate of promising dance duos in Russia in recent years has been quite sad. Vasilisa Kaganovskaya broke up with Valery Angelopol with a scandal; In its context, Irina Khavronina’s departure from Dario Chirisano passed calmly, but the consequences of this breakup were no less painful. If Ira quickly found a partner in David Narizhny, Dario had to go through many difficult times before re-entering the competitive ice.
It all started with the fact that in Russia there were no decent options to continue his career at the time of Khavronina’s departure: Cirizano had to look for a partner abroad. It turned out to be Denisa Tsimlova: the famous coach Barbara Fusar-Poli believed in her duet with the figure skater.
The mentor already dreamed of how a talented athlete from Russia would participate in international competitions after completing quarantine, but the dreams were dashed when the FFKKR flatly refused to give Chirisano permission to move to both the Czech Republic and Italy.
“The Russian Federation did not allow Dario to compete for either the Czech Republic or Italy. We will not be able to compete together. It was a shock for us,” said Tsimlova, whose duo suddenly disbanded.
In six months, Darío lost two partners, but this was not the main test, but rather an invisible struggle with the officials who forcibly kept him in the national team, and did not do it with much grace: first of all, in the context of Diana’s transfer. Davis and Gleb Smolkin to the Georgian flag, Chirisano’s ban seemed somewhat hypocritical and, secondly, the comments of the specialists were too harsh. Tatyana Tarasova said Dario is “not needed” in Russia and “literally doesn’t give a damn where Chirisano goes.” Elena Tchaikovskaya noted that “they spent a lot of money” on the athlete, so he should stay.
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Chirisano returned noisily with a new partner
Darío had to continue his search within the country and now Elizaveta Pasechnik gave him the opportunity to save his career. Their duo began to grow under the guidance of Angelica Krylova, who, as you know, does not accept unpromising partners and always puts her soul in her students. This time was no exception: the athletes quickly entered the training process, performed two programs and entered the skating trials of the Russian national team in St. Petersburg with the status of a dark horse.
In the rhythm dance, Dario and Lisa took two compositions: I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown and Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry. Their performance turned out to be imperfect from a technical point of view (among other defects, their partner fell), but from an artistic point of view, Pasechnik and Chirisano almost surpassed the recognized leaders. At the same time, the potential of the production is through the roof: an unrealistically high tempo, which Darío himself maintains at 100%, brilliant elements and general compositional harmony.
It is not for nothing that Elena Tchaikovskaya, commenting on the performances, said:
“He is a born dancer, his body is far ahead of the music; when it arrives, he has already expressed everything.”
Chirisano’s talent was revealed to the greatest extent in free dancing. The skaters performed the song Kalandro by Cirque du Soleil. Darío showed excellent flexibility, the ability to follow the music, track accents and interpret elements at a high level. She also supported Lisa, who is still finding it difficult to implement such a complex program. The beekeeper is known for her smooth skate, but it is clear that her shape is not optimal. However, he attempted to express the intention of the production.
Elizaveta Pasechnik and Darío Chirisano
Photo: RIA Novosti
“It’s about learning about this world, about learning from each other. We understand that love is the greatest feeling that exists; break all the barriers in the way,” is how Lisa described the essence of the program on the “Skating” podcast.
The production turned out really beautiful and, most importantly, satisfying. Angelica Krylova did her best, adding a huge number of non-standard solutions, approaches, lifts, rotations and steps that together look harmonious. The change of pace was present again and shocked the audience, and the brilliant performance near the judging panel made everyone, including the specialists, applaud.
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The big goal is to win the Russian Championship
Judging by the level of both programs, the duo has big ambitions: they don’t expect to be left on the sidelines with people like that. In fact, Pasechnik and Chirisano intend to move towards the main goal – gold at the Russian Championship.
“We haven’t discussed it, but I have an idea of what Darío would like to achieve. “We’re not afraid to say it out loud, but we both understand why we strive,” Lisa said.
“For now, the most important thing you can win is the Russian championship. “We are working on that,” Darío added.
The skaters work hard because there are still many weak points. The first thing fans noticed was their partner’s physical shape. But she does not hide the problems and corrects them. On the Skate Walk podcast, Pasechnik admitted that he’s been doing intermittent fasting for a couple of months to lose weight.
“I need it now and this is what helps me, if we exclude additional physical activity. That is, with intermittent fasting I can lose excess weight. Basically, we do not have full skates during the first ice, that is, the load is not as strong as during the daytime ice. Therefore, it can be very difficult for me, but then I have lunch, we skate on the next ice and, in principle, I already have strength, so it is normal,” he said.
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At that time, Chirisano was developing his artistic abilities: he told Andrei Zhurankov and Ekaterina Bobrova that he was mastering his acting skills in order to better reveal himself on the shows.
Despite the current difficulties, Dario and Lisa are able to achieve a lot: it should be remembered that Pasechnik took third place at the World Championships in Germany in the “Children” category, almost always came first at the Russian championships and won the Olympic dance games. – talked about this in our podcast; and Darío has always been a top-level dancer, not in vain did they not let him go…
Now the duo is striving to achieve their goal and have already taken the first steps: at the Moscow Championships the skaters won in rhythmic dance and are unlikely to lose ground in the free skate.
