Skating in the X-Games (?!) and his new music ("Zorro" and "Tosca"):
http://www.figureskatersonline.com/evanlysacek/journal.html
http://www.figureskatersonline.com/evanlysacek/journal.html
You wouldn't have to change the sport at all. To make figure skating cool, all you would have to do is start calling a triple jump a 1080. And maybe allow Michael Weiss' "tornado".Skating in the X-Games (?!)
If you knew the operas, men figure quite prominently in them. I think the titles of those operas confuse you. Maybe you would not want to see a lady skating to Gianni Schichi or mozart's Don Giovanni.I am not the biggest fan of men skating to Tosca... nor Carmen for that matter but Evan pulled it off. I guess he means "the mask of zorro"? i assume that will be his SP. Sounds like a good choice. He could pull of the zorro look well i think. At least it's original.
I am not the biggest fan of men skating to Tosca... nor Carmen for that matter but Evan pulled it off.
I think Lori knows what she's doing and she knows him.If Evan brings an interesting perspective to Tosca, then I'm OK with it. I thought Carmen was a poor choice until I saw the program.
My big questions about using music which originally was written to follow a story line are:
1. Does the skater have to follow that story line?
2. Is a skater capable of feeling music without a story line?
3. Do skaters know the difference between The Character of the Music and The Character of the story for CoP purposes?
Joe
Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, Wagnerian music is too tough for skaters to digest.Here's the thing. Not all skating fans are opera fans. The people in the arena and the people on their couches at home probably didn't see the opera, so don't know what the story line is. They see the skating and hear the music. If the two line up, that don't care when Hagen is supposed to kill Siegfried.
I am not the biggest fan of men skating to Tosca... nor Carmen for that matter