Shaman “Pray for rain” by Kamila Valieva Камила Валиева fancam 1

Credit to @FigureSkatersRu music: 1. Atbena Safri Duo《Athena》 2. Samb-Adagio Safri Duo《Samb-Adagio (Original Club Version)》 Not a single participant in the Russian Challenge combined as many elements of the show as Kamila Valieva. There were scenery, props, graphics, special effects and even shamanistic rituals. According to the plot, the heroine caused rain after a long drought. She stepped onto the ice from the traditional Finno-Ugric tent, performed a dance with a tambourine and “lit“ a fire in the middle of the arena. Valieva skated to fast, accent music, which was ideally combined with a complex choreographic track in the finale. In addition to the usual steps for figure skating, there were real shamanic movements imitating the plasticity of animals. The audience has never seen such Kamila. She was not gentle and touching, but assertive and sometimes aggressive. Even without ultra-difficult jumps, her skating was mesmerizing, and the energy charged the audience so much that almost half of the performance passed to rhythmic applause. But the main thing is that at the end of the rental at Megasport it really began to rain. The athlete made the final movements under spray from rain machines. When Valieva talked with Khrustalev after the performance, she was trembling, but she managed to effectively complete the number, even if she got wet in the rain: “I thought it would be difficult to skate. No. But it was more difficult to get used to riding with a tambourine. And the rain, probably, too.