- Joined
- Mar 14, 2006
I'm not sure I buy the idea that Joannie had a major breakthrough in the past year. My favorite skates of hers are from 2005:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17uTwCAUtrw
and 2007:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ct5k_joannie-rochette-2007-4cc-gala_sport
And those are the only two I find really memorable. It's interesting that the second is a girlie number. She can do it just fine when she has the right choreography and costume. (Maybe she does the ice-queen type better than the seductress? Just a guess.) If she skates like she does in either of these in Vancouver, I'll have no problem with her waltzing away with a medal, even a gold one.
It seems to me that in the past year her team has gotten much better at maxing the points. But for me at least, it hasn't necessarily resulted in gorgeous programs. Apart from her "Firebird," people don't talk about Joannie's program by name the way they do Yu Na's "Bond Girl," "Lark Ascending," and "Tango de Roxane." She needs programs that suit her and she needs to sell them. Maybe by February we'll be seeing that. I think she may have it in her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17uTwCAUtrw
and 2007:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ct5k_joannie-rochette-2007-4cc-gala_sport
And those are the only two I find really memorable. It's interesting that the second is a girlie number. She can do it just fine when she has the right choreography and costume. (Maybe she does the ice-queen type better than the seductress? Just a guess.) If she skates like she does in either of these in Vancouver, I'll have no problem with her waltzing away with a medal, even a gold one.
It seems to me that in the past year her team has gotten much better at maxing the points. But for me at least, it hasn't necessarily resulted in gorgeous programs. Apart from her "Firebird," people don't talk about Joannie's program by name the way they do Yu Na's "Bond Girl," "Lark Ascending," and "Tango de Roxane." She needs programs that suit her and she needs to sell them. Maybe by February we'll be seeing that. I think she may have it in her.