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Are you advocating the Nude Technical program Joe???
Ant
If so, count me in for watching the men! LOL!
Are you advocating the Nude Technical program Joe???
Ant
Are you advocating the Nude Technical program Joe???
Ant
Ugh. Do you enjoy pain? Just think of the possible crush in the sitsspin.If so, count me in for watching the men! LOL!
I disagree with all the posters who claim it enhances the competitiveness. While fans, particularly ladies, enjoy commenting on costumes, no one ever said the costume made him/her lose or gain points. Costumes are not included in CoP.
I do believe that some costumes are a ploy to hide the inadequacies of a skater's technique. The skaters should work on technique and sell the program through skating. A little bit of understanding music would help moreso than the costumes.
Ugh. Do you enjoy pain? Just think of the possible crush in the sitsspin.
It's the same as putting on a uniform to get one into the spirit of sport. Figure Skating does not need sequines. Specially tailored simple clothes, not practice clothes, will work as getting one into the spirit of FS.I'm not sure it enhances competitiveness so much as getting you into the right frame of mind. I think there's a world of difference doing any kind of performance in your practice clothes to in your costume.
It's the same as putting on a uniform to get one into the spirit of sport. Figure Skating does not need sequines. Specially tailored simple clothes, not practice clothes, will work as getting one into the spirit of FS.
Speaking from experience (not of nude skating but of not wearing appropriate underwear once!) simple back crossovers are not safe without support! Let's leave it at that!Ant
sorry if i will cross the line but i need to ask this,, are there special underwear for male skaters?
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"now" ??? It's ALWAYS been about ratings on television. Shows/events that don't get good ratings don't last long.It's all about TV ratings now.
while speaking about mens costumes...I googled it and came up with this this maybe due to safe mode at work..jocks or dance belts
I don't think that most of them wear the same dance belts as ballet dancers, because that just looks different (a picture of a dancebelt you can find on every ballet shop website, I doubt that it's not G-rated). Some men do though, think Fadeev (who got points deducted because his jockstrap was visible ).while speaking about mens costumes...I googled it and came up with this this maybe due to safe mode at work..
but thank you anyway, i was many years in the dark
It's the same as putting on a uniform to get one into the spirit of sport. Figure Skating does not need sequines. Specially tailored simple clothes, not practice clothes, will work as getting one into the spirit of FS.
while speaking about mens costumes...I googled it and came up with this this maybe due to safe mode at work..
but thank you anyway, i was many years in the dark
I disagree, I was required to wear a uniform for ballet (burgundy or black leotard, pink/flesh tights, hair in a Vaganova-style bun) and all I felt was that I was doing barre and centre work even if it was a rehearsal for Nutcracker . To really really get into it, wearing the costume helped.
And wasn't there a time where Alissa Czisny practiced in her costume and she said it helped her?
I believe there is a picture of Johnny Weir where you can clearly see a dance belt through his costume
Similarly at law school, even though it wasn't necessary we all had to wear suits for our assessments for advocay and interviewing.
You mean, like with the Mexicans right now? "Not all Mexicans have swine flu. So if you meet a Mexican, it's possible that he hasn't the swine flu and is not contagious" - "Not all male skaters are gay. So if you meet a male skater, it's possible that he isn't gay and therefore won't spread this condition"I think the public should be informed and told that not all male skaters are gay.
I think a lot people who don't know much about figure skating think all male figure skaters are gay. My dad for example watched an interview with Johnny Weir on tv with me and he turned to me and asked if he was gay because he looked like it. Although some male skaters such as Brian Orser, Rohene Ward, Rudy Galindo and all of the men who compete in the Gay Games are gay, people don't realize skaters such as Roman Kostomarov, Scott Hamilton, Evan Lysacek, Alexei Yagudin and Olivier Schoenfelder have girlfriends or wives. I think the public should be informed and told that not all male skaters are gay.
George Ballanchine brought a fledging ballet company with black leotards and pink tights for the ladies and black tights for the men in many of his young ballets because there was no money. Needless to say, the public went to see them anyway, and the company became the New York City Ballet, and world renowned.I disagree, I was required to wear a uniform for ballet (burgundy or black leotard, pink/flesh tights, hair in a Vaganova-style bun) and all I felt was that I was doing barre and centre work even if it was a rehearsal for Nutcracker . To really really get into it, wearing the costume helped.
That's actually not true. If you read one of the interviews with Lambiel, you can read that he mentioned that he never thought that colourful tight costumes, gold, silver and other shiny stuff are "not masculine", because as a half-Portuguese he has been used to men clothed like that - the Toreros. Is bull-fighting a sport? Well, it could be considered one. Are the men athletic and powerful? Definitely! Is it considered masculine? Heck, yeah!
That's not the point. The point is that it shouldn't matter if people are gay or straight. And I really wished that some of the skaters who were asked like that Canadian ice-dancer, would have answered: "Of course I was picked on as a child because I am a skater. Just like they picked on the girl with the really bad acne, or on the guy who was like a human calculator or on the girl who used to wear shirts with sheep on them." What's with the whining "I was picked on because people thought I was gay because I am a skater"? Everyone gets picked on as a child / teenager. Why does the sport has to change because the world is so narrow-minded?
As for Skate Canada's campaign....Someone needs to sit Michael Slipchuk down and have a very long talk w/him. This is not the direction he/.SC needs to be taking things in w/us now in the Countdown to Vancouver.