Here are some quotes from an IN article posted today. This makes me chuckle, because of all the people who have argued with assertions that Nathan already has artistry, musicality and dance quality. Also I chuckle in light of that fact that many posters seem to think that 3 months with Marina Zueva were all it took to develop them. The ballet professionals also see his artistry in Nathan's FS, by the way.
"That Chen can reflect Nureyev seems surprising until you talk with people who taught him and danced with him during the 6 1/2 years he studied at Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City. It surprises them that some figure skating judges apparently find it hard to recognize the artistic ability, musicality and dance skills they saw in Chen soon after he enrolled at the school as a 7-year-old."
and later:
"Fryxell sees it anyway. So does Russia's Tatiana Tarasova, who has coached Olympic champions in singles, pairs and dance. In her TV commentary at the Grand Prix Final, where Chen won the free skate and finished second overall, Tarasova said she loved how he performed his free skate.
'I would be shocked if they didn't see him as an artist, with his gorgeous line, his fluidity, the carriage of his arms,' Fryxell said."
--Ballet West Academy faculty member Heather Fryxell, a former Atlanta Ballet and Southern Ballet Theatre principal dancer who first taught Chen when he was 7.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/03/24/220700164
"That Chen can reflect Nureyev seems surprising until you talk with people who taught him and danced with him during the 6 1/2 years he studied at Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City. It surprises them that some figure skating judges apparently find it hard to recognize the artistic ability, musicality and dance skills they saw in Chen soon after he enrolled at the school as a 7-year-old."
and later:
"Fryxell sees it anyway. So does Russia's Tatiana Tarasova, who has coached Olympic champions in singles, pairs and dance. In her TV commentary at the Grand Prix Final, where Chen won the free skate and finished second overall, Tarasova said she loved how he performed his free skate.
'I would be shocked if they didn't see him as an artist, with his gorgeous line, his fluidity, the carriage of his arms,' Fryxell said."
--Ballet West Academy faculty member Heather Fryxell, a former Atlanta Ballet and Southern Ballet Theatre principal dancer who first taught Chen when he was 7.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/03/24/220700164