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- Aug 8, 2009
I agree that TAT chooses repetitious music for Mao. Not only Bell and Masquerade, but also the violin fantasia SP from two seasons ago was repetitious. I do not necessarily assume that TAT chooses such music to make the choreos flexible, however. I guess that TAT may like that kind of music. Repetition creates intensity. I feel that way when I listen to East-European folk dance music that have the same melody line repeated over and over again. That kind of music can be appealing and memorable for the audience if the main melody line is likable. Here the skater conveys just one theme in one program, rather than doing Act I, Act II, and Act III in four minutes.
Well, not only Mao but in general, Tat chooses repetitious music for competition pieces, and Tat probably does like excellent repetitious music and I agree with your point that repetition creates intensity.
But Tat has chosen the second type of music you mention in Mao's exhibition, Caprice and also last year's Scent of a Woman, which was just so lovely.
Maybe next year, they will indulge and choose the second type of music for competition?