passion said:As the question states, what is the difference in your opinion?
To me, artistry has to do with presentational aspects of skating like line, hand movements, program layout. Musicality has to do with being able to feel the music.
passion said:As the question states, what is the difference in your opinion?
To me, artistry has to do with presentational aspects of skating like line, hand movements, program layout. Musicality has to do with being able to feel the music.
MKFSfan said:Hm, good question! In some ways artistry and musicality seem to go hand in hand. But sometimes I think they are two different things! Here's how I see it:
Musicality has to do with interpreting the music and having the choreography set to with the music. A skater with good musicality has a understanding of the piece they are interpreting. The 1st time I truly understood that was seeing Michelle in 1996, skating to Salome and Romanza. She understood the characters she was portraying, and the little naunces went so well to the music...if that makes sense!
Artistry has to do with the effect a program has on the audience. It's an art, or a skill the skater has that they impart on the viewers. I think an artist doesn't neccessary have to gave great musicality to give a moving performance.
And vice versa!
I agree with both of your assessments, just adding my own two cents!
and not to shake your buns to show your Latin rhythm when doing a European dance to Latin music.antmanb said:That's exactly the season i started to understand musicality too - Kwan's Romanza SP - the straightline steps and the steps that went eh length of the rink into the triple toe...done perfectly to the music, totally in style and keeping with the music, including the facial expressions. Its being able to feel the music rather than having someone skate to spanish music in a read dress and just thrusting a hand up because that's "spanishy"!Ant
The choreographer can set the motion for the 'feel' for the music; the coach can remind the skater to 'put something into it'. In the last analysis, it's the skater's inate quality that will show up. Baiul and Lipinsky will bubble all over the place. Cohen will show some flamenco arms to Malaguena. Does she get from the heart or from the choreographer? You be the judge. Of course if you've never seen flamenco dancing then it doesn't matter.passion said:Interesting comments from everybody. Thanks for all the responses so far.
To take my question a little further, do most coaches help a skater work on artistry and musicality once the skater can skate through the program techniquely? (In my opinion, no, because I don't even think there are many coaches out there who understand music that well and are not artists/musical by nature).
How can a coach develop musicality and artistry in a skater? (ie. what specific techniques would be used)?