Famous ballerina, common-law wife figure skater Maxim Marinin Natalya Somova revealed the secrets of her personal life, and also spoke about the difficult path to fame.
A few years ago I saw on television an amazing program “Bolero”, where figure skaters and ballet dancers performed. From the very beginning I began to root for married couple– Maxim Marinin and Natalya Somova. Maxim is one of the most famous and titled Russian athletes in pair skating. But all I knew about Natalya as a ballerina was that she danced at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre. I decided that I would definitely meet her. And recently this meeting took place.
– Natalya, where did you get the urge for ballet?
– In our family, both on the father’s side and on the mother’s side, all relatives were doctors. So, naturally, they thought that I would also continue family tradition. But it so happened that I started doing rhythmic gymnastics, they noticed my abilities - good stretching, I was moving well. And my parents decided to send me to the Krasnodar Choreographic School - our family lived in this city.
– And you immediately fell in love with ballet?
– Not right away, but I studied with great pleasure and interest, despite the fact that at times it was very difficult.
– What was the first performance where you performed the leading role?
- "Sleeping Beauty". I was sixteen then.
– How did you come up with the idea to move to Moscow?
“The situation in the theater was such that two ballet troupes were formed, and the one I was in was not in demand. Not everyone agreed to unite, and then I decided that I needed to move forward, achieve more, and left for Moscow.
Natalya Somova / ITAR-TASS
– How did the capital receive you?
- Fine.
– What was the first performance you had the opportunity to dance in Moscow?
– It was “Swan Lake”, where I was entrusted with dancing Odette-Odile. Of course, I was very worried. After all, despite the fact that in Krasnodar I had already danced a lot of solo and leading roles, in Moscow I had, in fact, to start all over again. Any game, not even the leading one, was given with great difficulty.
– How does your day begin?
– From daily training, classes. We spend about half an hour at the barre, then we move to the middle of the hall and do big dance jumps.
– The story of your acquaintance with Maxim Marinin is not entirely ordinary. Tell us how you met.
“We were introduced by one of our mutual friends, our theater psychologist Elena Deryabina. She worked with Maxim and Tanya Totmyanina after she fell onto the ice from the top support. Maxim began to fear that this might happen again. He could no longer train with full dedication. And he was advised to see a psychologist so that a specialist could help get rid of negative obsessive thoughts. I didn’t have the best then either best time: I twisted my ankle and started getting stage fright. Elena worked with both of us. And once she invited me to go to a figure skating competition. And there Elena introduced me to Maxim. I can’t say that it was love at first sight, but I really liked him outwardly. It was while communicating with Maxim that that same feeling came.
– What qualities do you value in a spouse?
“I appreciate everything he has.” Decency and honesty, real masculine strength. You see, this a real man someone you can rely on, someone you can’t help but love.
– Did you fall in love before him?
– It seems to me that Maxim is my first and only love.
– Did you start living together right away?
– No, about a year and a half or two after we met. We've been together for seven years. We have two kids. The eldest, Artemy, is six years old. He has been involved in figure skating for three years at a children's and youth school, and he himself wanted to skate, no one forced him. He said that boys do not dance, but skate, and we gave him skates so that he could “skate.”
Natalya Somova / ITAR-TASS
– Are there any successes?
– He’s doing well, he skates well for his age.
- How old is your daughter?
– Ulyana will soon turn one and a half years old. She is still very little, but it is already clear that she really likes to dance and likes to listen to music. She hears the rhythm and moves to the music.
- So it’s growing future ballerina?
– It’s too early to talk about this. Let her grow up first, and then we will decide where to give her.
– Who is more strict with children: you or Maxim?
- We have everything in half. But since Maxim often leaves for performances, when he is at home, he does not want to be strict with the children. Yes, and there is no particular need for this. Although my son sometimes has a feeling of jealousy when he sees that dad pays more attention to his younger sister. But Maxim tries to treat him like an adult, explains, talks with him.
– Which of the guys causes more trouble?
– Ulyana is still very small, but at the same time very mobile, she requires more attention: as soon as you turn away, she immediately climbs somewhere, she may fall, or take it. My son went to kindergarten, but now at home preparing for school, where will he go in future academic year.
– Do you have assistants?
“Maxim’s mother and also a nanny, who mostly sits with Ulyana, helps with the children.
– In your family, who is the boss?
- A man, of course! Maxim is the head of the family, this is not discussed.
– You are a mother twice. Did pregnancy and childbirth damage your figure?
– After my second birth, for example, I went back to work within a month. When you start practicing at the machine, rehearsing, excess weight goes away very quickly.
– You have a full-fledged family, a husband, two children, you and your husband are accomplished people, you have checked your feelings. What is stopping you from registering your relationship with the registry office?
– Whenever possible, we will do it. Although it is not clear what could change from this?
– Yours favorite hobby?
– I love shopping.
– What is your dream?
– It’s banal: so that all relatives and friends are healthy and happy.
Gurevich Leonid
“We tested our feelings for strength”
Photo: Tatiana Petsa
You can have different attitudes towards meetings between a man and a woman, organized by mutual friends: with a dreamy smile, with irony, and sometimes with skepticism. But numerous real-life examples prove that these meetings should not be ignored. Maxim and Natasha were introduced by their mutual friend, psychologist Elena Deryabina, and this was almost eight years ago. Once Maxim, in a conversation with Elena, admitted that it is sometimes difficult for athletes to arrange their personal lives... It was then that she told him about the charming girl Natalya Somova, a prima ballerina of the Theater. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, and a little later invited Natasha to competitions in which Marinin participated.Maxim, Natasha, you are very interesting story acquaintance. Maxim, tell me, how did you decide to go on a blind date?
Natalia: What? That's what they told you - “blind date?”
Maksim: Of course not! We were introduced by a mutual friend. She told me there was this girl she thought I should like. There are many beautiful girls, but spiritual kinship does not arise with everyone. Natasha and I met, and I immediately felt that she was my person. Both nearby and at a distance we did not experience any discomfort. For me this was a fundamental moment, but the fact that Natasha is beautiful...
N.:...athlete, Komsomol member... ( Smiling.)
M.: …all of this was an added bonus.
Natasha, before you met Maxim, did you follow figure skating, did you know about the existence of such an athlete?
N.: Not that I followed. I watched the championships, but didn’t know anyone by last name. Lena asked if I liked it figure skating, I answered in the affirmative. She invited me to the World Championships, which took place in Moscow, and after the competition she introduced us to each other.
Maxim, do you feel a sense of pride when you come to see Natasha at the theater?
M.: Certainly. I’m pleased when people come up to me and say: “Thank you, Maxim. Natasha danced like that today!” But on the other hand, I feel embarrassed. Why are they thanking me? I have nothing to do with this. Well done Natasha. ( Smiles.)
You have been living together for quite some time. Do you have any family taboos, say, you can’t talk about work at home?..
M.: And we hardly talk about work anyway. We have children. It’s more pleasant for us to talk about them, about how their day went.
On October 19 last year, your daughter was born. How did your son react to the appearance of his sister? Not jealous?
N.: No. Artemy understands that he is now an older brother. Moreover, he can approach his sister and announce: “I am her dad.” The son is very kind to Ulyana, constantly asks permission to carry her in his arms, and once again comes up to kiss her. Everything is interesting to him.
And in honor of whom did you give your daughter such a beautiful and rare name?
M.: Natasha just really wanted the name to be...
N.:...not like everyone else.
M.: Yes. I ask her: “Why not like everyone else?” It is also important to think about the baby’s future when you give him a name. And then, you know, there were a lot of names like “Long live the First of May”...
N.:(Laughs.) It's clear! But I meant “not like everyone else” within reasonable limits.
M.: I really liked the name Ulyana. Well, then, when you read about the character traits inherent in the name, you understand that, in general, Artemy and Ulyana are good children. ( Smiles.)
Maxim, most future champions end up in sports at the encouragement of their parents. Are you an exception?
M.: You can say that. The reasons why I started figure skating were quite banal - I was sick, I sneezed, so my mother took me to the section to improve my health. Well, then the first results appeared, I liked it, I got involved. I have long been concerned about this question: what is it about figure skating that even I, a person who knows a lot about this sport, is still captivated by it all? Most likely, this is a feeling of lightness: you make a minimum of effort to create movement. Agree, there is a certain magic in this. This is probably what hooked me as a child. Well, the boy cannot help but like life spent in competitions. I was interested in this sports crowd, the people whom I saw on the TV screen and whom I dreamed of being like. Of course, I wanted to get into this world.
And who did you want to be like?
M.: (Smiles.) What was shown on TV before? Party meetings and congresses, ballet and figure skating. Many wanted to achieve the same results that, for example, Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina achieved. Me too.
Did your parents try to dissuade you, having realized what a difficult path you had chosen for yourself?
M.: They realized that everything was too serious when my mother had to sew costumes for me at night, because the next day I had to go to competitions and, accordingly, perform there in something... Well, when I turned sixteen, I was invited to pair skating school in St. Petersburg. I simply told my parents that I had decided to go and this was not discussed. You understand that provincial life is very different from the capital. I can’t say anything bad about Volgograd, but when you start traveling around the country at the age of seven or eight, you realize that outside hometown there is another life. I didn't want to follow standard scheme: school, institute, factory...
Did your mom try to go with you? Sixteen years is, of course, no longer a little boy, but still scary.
M.: Situations are different. Tanya Navka’s mother sent her to Moscow alone at the age of thirteen. My parents probably understood that this was my chance. But I myself had no fear. At that age, you don’t know much about life and perceive everything as a great adventure. And athletes are passionate people. You get on the ice, you feel that today you are skating better than yesterday, today everything revolves around you. There is a certain egoism in this, but it is a healthy ego that only helps to develop.
Maxim, you have been in the profession for so many years, but you talk about figure skating as something unusual. Aren't you tired of this at all?
M.: No. On the contrary, it seems to me that I am just beginning to understand this sport. When I get the feeling that I know absolutely everything about figure skating, then I’ll quit with him. In the meantime, I like what I do. And I always liked it. This is probably one of the keys to Tanya’s and my success ( From 1996 to 2006, Maxim Marinin performed in tandem with Tatyana Totmyanina, they have gold medals at the Olympics, World and European Championships. - Approx. OK!).
N.: But you must admit, when you realize that you already know everything, you will want to pass this knowledge on to someone...
M.: I know two about this brilliant phrases: “You can’t teach, but you can learn” and “You can only lead a horse to a watering hole, but never force it to drink.”
Read full version interview in OK! magazine No.9
The famous figure skater Maxim Marinin managed to become the most titled athlete during his professional career, but the most significant award was the Olympic Games in Turin. Russian television viewers remember Maxim as a frequent guest on ice skating TV shows. The athlete participated in the popular projects “Stars on Ice”, “Ice Age”, “Ice and Fire”. Marinin’s first coach was his father, who taught his son the basics of this difficult sport.
Maxim Marinin. Biography of the champion
Maxim Viktorovich Marinin was born in 1977 in Volgograd. WITH early childhood parents instilled in their sons a sense of responsibility and hard work, and in a rather humane way. Children were never beaten for their offenses, but were deprived of sweets or entertainment.
As a child, the boy was in poor health, and his parents enrolled him in the figure skating section. Although 7 years is already quite late age to start professional career, hard work and the pursuit of a dream helped the young skater become what he is now.
Maxim's first professional coach was Mikhail Makoveev. It was a time of intense training and numerous competitions, where the guy had the opportunity to communicate with the entire “sports crowd” and compete with those whom he had previously only seen on TV.
The beginning of the career of a talented skater
The turning point in Maxim’s life came when he turned 16 years old. Not everything in singles skating went smoothly, so it was decided to try pairs. There were no prospects in regional Volgograd, and he went to St. Petersburg without even asking his parents’ consent, but simply presenting them with a fait accompli. But they didn’t mind, understanding the importance of sports activities for their son. This step was the right one, since it began a series of awards, victories and high success.
In St. Petersburg, Marinin graduated from the Academy physical culture. He became the ward of coach Vasiliev. At the age of 20, Maxim joined the Russian national team. Partner on long years became Tatyana Totmyanina. Fans and leading athletes consider the pair of Maxim and Tatyana to be one of the best in the world of figure skating in terms of technique and complexity of program elements, and excellent, relaxed style.
Marinin and Totmyanina are Olympic champions
Between 1999 and 2002, Maxim and Tatyana took second and third places in competitions across Russia. They became European champions twice - in 2004 and 2005. The sports couple trained in Chicago for more than 5.5 years.
In 2004, a tragedy occurred. During the filming of Skate America at the Grand Prix, Marinin fell along with Tatyana. Totmyanina was hospitalized, and the skater himself received a concussion and psychological trauma, which took more time to overcome than his partner’s recovery.
Fortunately, Maxim Marinin found strength in himself, in particular thanks to the support common-law spouse. He managed to force himself again to perform that ill-fated “support” from which Tatyana fell.
Self-effort and tedious training yielded results. In 2006, Marinin Maxim, a world-famous figure skater, and his partner Tatyana Totmyanina won the XX Olympic Games in Turin.
After huge success, the couple decided to leave big sport due to unresolved material claims with the Figure Skating Federation.
Tatyana Totmyanina and her path to success
The childhood of the future Olympic champion was not easy. Totmianina got on the ice, just like Maxim, because of poor health. Tatyana is a native of Perm. At the age of 7, he and his mother lost their home and father due to attacks of their grandmother, who suffered from mental disorders. We had to live with friends and live at train stations. Later, the mother was given a room in a warehouse at the company where she worked as an engineer.
Mom invested all her strength and resources into Tanya, spending her budget on finding the best trainers. The girl tried to justify her mother’s efforts by any means and worked diligently on the ice. The future champion was noticed and invited to train in St. Petersburg. The road to success was given to her through the thorny path of life.
Parents of Maxim Marinin
Tatyana and Victor Marinin live in their native Volgograd. During the competition at the Olympic Games, they were very worried. Maxim’s mother says that she stood on her knees at the icon all evening, and prefers to watch her son’s performances in recordings, since the excitement is transferred to him, and he begins to make mistakes.
Until now, Marinin’s parents communicate closely with Tatyana’s mother, share news, and together provide support to the children. Maxim’s mother says that she talks to her son on the phone very rarely because he is busy and looks forward to his call, but she is afraid to call him.
Family and personal life
It often happens that people who devote themselves common cause, eventually become a couple. But in the case of Maxim and Tatyana this did not happen: they were always partners on the ice, colleagues, friends, but nothing more.
Maxim Marinin and his wife met thanks to a psychologist. After Totmyanina fell from the top support, the skater developed fear, which was very difficult to fight on his own. For help, Maxim turned to a female psychologist, who advised him to switch, find a good girl and start a relationship. And one like this good girl was already in her mind. Skeptical Maxim Marinin, whose personal life was indeed devoid of bright colors, at first did not share the psychologist’s opinion. But now, after the passage of time, he thanks fate for that important meeting, which changed his life.
Meet Natalya Somova, ballerina of the theater named after. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, happened in 2005, a year before the Olympics. Soon after their first date, the young people decided to live together. Two years later, in 2007, their son Artemy was born. My grandparents helped me combine my career with my family. A babysitter was also hired. When deciding to live together, Maxim set a condition - all issues would be decided by the man, and the family lived according to this way of life.
In 2012, their daughter Ulyana was born. By the way, the couple still has not legalized their relationship due to constant moving and workload. According to Maxim, there was simply no time for wedding preparations. The skater continues intensive training and actively participates in television shows.
Marinin's participation in the show
The first program in which Maxim Marinin (photo presented in the article) took part was the “Stars on Ice” show. Channel One invited the athlete to film in 2006. The Olympic champion in swimming became a partner. A year later, Marinin performed with Olga Kabo in Ice Age. In 2008, work continued with Zhanna Friske, in 2009 - with ballerina Anastasia Volochkova. At the 2010 performance, the champion's companion became. Together they took third place and reached the finals. In 2011, Maxim trained under the guidance of his other half Natalya Somova in the Bolero show. In 2013, work on the television project continued with film actress Lyanka Gryu.
Marinin and dolphins
Maxim does not stop there. This time he decided to master the difficult profession of training the smartest animals on Earth - dolphins. According to the program's design, show participants are dressed in wetsuits. The children's task is to convince the jury that it is possible to perform acrobatic exercises with animals, for example, swimming past on a dolphin's head. This demonstrates strength, agility and the ability to maintain balance while moving on the water. At the skater’s command, dolphins must perform simple maneuvers: jump out of the water, roll over. The jury consists of Sergei Shakurov, Vladimir Korenev, and Tatyana Tarasova. They evaluate the level of preparation and give grades.
Creative projects
In 2009, an attempt was made to open a figure skating school named after. Maxim Marinina. A few hours before the official start of work, the refrigeration units broke down. The skating rink was moved to the north-west of the city, but the famous skater refused to perform due to bad weather.
The organizer of the school, young businesswoman Daria Gartung, said that the project is semi-social and semi-commercial in nature. The purpose of its creation is primarily to popularize this sport in the city. The site provides the opportunity to train for children from orphanages free of charge.
Marinin’s major project on television in 2013 was the filming of the play “Mama,” the plot of which is based on the fairy tale “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats.”
In 2014, on Channel One, Marinin took part (paired with his Olympic partner) in the program “Ice Age. Professional Cup". The competition was divided into individual competition and team performance.
In 2015, Maxim Marinin tours around the world as part of a star team. This time, viewers will see the musical “Carmen” performed by their favorite artists, including Roman Kostomarov, Tatyana Navka, Alexey Yagudin, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Maxim Shabalin, Elena Leonova and many others. This production has no equal in terms of the number of special effects, incredible scenery and cast of participants. In addition to figure skaters, actors, singers, dancers, acrobats, and jugglers are involved. They play on stage, skate on ice, soar in the air. Six incredible sets with mirrors immerse the viewer in the plot of the play and create an indescribable atmosphere of Italy.
Stop there and live in peace quiet life many people dream successful people, but not Maxim Marinin. Family for him is the main incentive to move forward, so we will see his name more than once on the pages of famous publications and on the posters of popular productions.
Figure skating and ballet are things that may be close, but in reality they rarely coincide. It is all the more pleasant to discover the excellent result of their interaction. Prima ballerina Musical theater them. K.S. Stanislavsky and Vl.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko Natalia Somova and pair skating Maxim Marinin met three years ago and have not parted since then. Except for the duration of work. Natasha. Maxim - now a professional figure skater - participates in ice shows. In Channel One’s “Ice Age,” which recently ended, he skated with actress Olesya Zheleznyak. The Izvestia columnist felt hurt for his abandoned wife...
question: Why didn't you perform together in Ice Age? It would be a wonderful couple.
Maxim Marinin: Do you want to bring discord into our family? You can't combine home and work. Let Natasha do her own thing.
V: You are a strict husband... And yet, Natasha, would you like to participate in such a project?
Natalya Somova: In the future - yes, and preferably together with Maxim. I really like figure skating. I even started skating, although Maxim forbids me.
Marinin: Nastya has already occupied a certain niche in ballet. How her colleagues treat her is another question. And Natasha is still making herself, she can’t be risked. For a beginner in figure skating, there is always the danger of breaking something stupidly. Become a victim of your own euphoria, which always arises from the feeling of speed. Something similar happened to me when I started rollerblading ten years ago. I picked up the pace, and then a wall began to approach me, and I realized that I had forgotten how to brake. Thank God it didn't crash. That's why I'm not a supporter of Natasha's skating. If he really wants to, let him ride, just without me. So that later they won’t say that I didn’t keep track or didn’t warn.
V: How seriously does your husband care about your career...
Somova: I don't think it's a matter of career. Our son is growing up, and Maxim wants him to have a healthy mother.
V: You are an exemplary wife and mother. Due to pregnancy and childbirth, you turned down the super role in John Neumeier's The Seagull, although the choreographer really wanted you to dance Nina Zarechnaya.
Somova: Question: to give birth or not? - didn’t even stand. I had the opportunity to dance in this performance - the time was short. But I decided that it was not worth the risk, the child is more expensive. Ballet is here today, gone tomorrow, but children are forever.
Marinin: People set priorities differently. For some it is important to participate in a play, for others it is to give birth. Our choice was in favor of the child. Family is the main thing for us, everything else is transitory.
V: Let's return to the transitory. When the great Tatyana Tarasova says how wonderful non-professional participants are skating" Ice Age“, it makes me laugh. Don’t you think that figure skating is being devalued in this way?
Marinin: Everyone understands that this is a kind of game, a competition in a show environment. The sports development of non-professional participants is assessed with zero point. Everyone starts out in approximately equal conditions, and then you can see who is progressing how. Talented artists are paired with super professionals. That is, they receive first-hand information. And since the acting profession has taught them to quickly react and interact with a partner, they are potentially ready to process this information and produce a product High Quality. But we also learn a lot by communicating with the actors. We try out roles that we might never take on while skating with professionals.
V: Why do you think the “Ballet with the Stars” project has not appeared yet? It would be interesting to see your couple or Nikolai Tsiskaridze with Anastasia Zavorotnyuk...
Somova: Making such a project is much more difficult. Acting alone is not enough here. The whole body must work, and the appropriate texture is needed. Although Maxim, of course, can handle his data. In any case, I am calm about the support. Figure skating and ballet have the same basis - choreography.
Marinin: And I can’t imagine a ballet project with non-professionals. Even with skaters. We, of course, know the basics of ballet. On the ice you can always see whether a person is familiar with choreography or goes to ballet class for digestion. But knowledge of the basics is not enough; natural abilities are needed. People come to ballet who are initially predisposed to it. And here, as my first coach said, you can teach a bear to ride. Up to a certain limit, of course. In addition, figure skating, unlike ballet, is a very dynamic spectacle. You can push and slide for a long, long time. That is, in one movement you can get closer to the flight level. With such magical dynamics, there are more opportunities for creativity, it is easier to hide flaws and create something unusual from any, even the most clumsy material.
V: Figure skating and ballet are rather closed worlds. How did you two meet?
Marinin: We were introduced by a mutual friend. She helped me cope with some psychological problems.
V: I think I know what I'm talking about we're talking about. Your partner Tatyana Totmyanina fell from the top support, and you considered yourself to blame.
Marinin: Yes, that's the same case. In Natasha I found loved one, who inspired and supported me. I didn’t have such friends in sports. There we are all colleagues - sharing a place in the sun. Loneliness in figure skating is a normal thing. With the advent of Natasha, I saw the prospect of getting out of this state. When the sport ended, I didn’t want to lose her.
Somova: I was lonely too. Although perhaps not in such a harsh form. Probably, in the theater, as in figure skating, there cannot be friends. I immediately realized that Maxim was the most reliable shoulder.
V: When partners - figure skaters or dancers - become spouses, is it rather a forced step?
Marinin: In figure skating - yes. There is no time to search. You live in a closed society, ride with the same person. You are perceived as a couple. It seems that there are all the conditions to be a couple in life. But after the sport ends, such unions, as a rule, fall apart.
Somova: It’s easier for people in ballet. You can perform with different partners. If a relationship arises, it is most likely out of love.
V: Have your partners dropped you, Natalya?
Somova: It happened. But here falls are not so dangerous - after all, it’s not ice. AND psychological problems after such cases, as a rule, does not occur. You can pair up with another partner or exclude this support. Finally, refuse the role altogether.
Marinin: In this sense, ballet dancers are more comfortable. We still have to skate the same program and perform the same elements. This was the difficulty for Tatyana and me: we were traveling on a train from which it was impossible to jump out.
V: Luckily, you have reached your final destination - the Olympic gold medal. At the end of the program, as your partner recalled, they screamed - probably out of happiness. Do you, Natasha, experience such emotions on stage?
Marinin: She will scream when she dances for the last time.
Somova: We may not even know that this is the last time. I give vent to my emotions, but after the performance. Figure skating is still a competition. The intensity of passions there is stronger.
V: Aren't you and your colleagues secretly competing?
Somova: If we compete, it's during class. Still, each ballerina is good in her own way, each has her own audience.
Marinin: Ballet is art in its purest form. And figure skating is a sport close to art. These are more powerful, I would even say, primitive feelings on the part of both the participants and the audience.
V: Maxim, you were going to return to amateur sports. Why did you change your mind?
Marinin: In modern figure skating, you need to be highly motivated, young, hungry and strive with all your might to get on the podium - in short, think about the result 24 hours a day. If you have already relaxed and felt the joys of normal life, it is difficult to return to your previous state. The professionalism remains, but the agility is gone. I can compare myself to a lazy, well-fed cat who looks at the young and thinks: go ahead, do it, but I’ve already gone through everything...
V: Natasha, are you young and hungry now or, like Maxim, well-fed and lazy?
Somova: Speaking in sports language, I am still on my way to my Olympic victory. It’s not that I’m eager, but I have a calm, conscious desire for this.
Marinin: I know what condition Natasha is in. There are three periods in figure skating. At first you perform well and receive undeservedly low marks. Then you perform well and get what you deserve. And finally, you perform so-so, but you get undeservedly a lot. Natasha is now in the second stage. What he performs is what he receives.
V: Do you give each other professional advice?
Marinin: I express my opinion without going into the intricacies of ballet technique. I have one evaluation criterion: whether I receive aesthetic pleasure or not.
Somova: When I watched Maxim and Tanya perform at the Olympics in Turin, I got goosebumps. No advice required here.
V: Can you call yourself fans of your business?
Marinin: Lazy people are more suitable for sports. They don't do anything unnecessary. They do exactly the work that the coach considers mandatory. This means that at the right moment they will approach the competition in the right shape - they will not break down or become exhausted.
Somova: But in ballet, fanaticism is necessary. Our successful people are obsessed people who are able to work from morning to night. Before my son was born, I was like this.
V: And now?
Marinin: Now she's sober. God bless.
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