- Joined
- Nov 12, 2009
Gracie has great jumps but she is stiff and not really artistic at all yet. And the All That Jazz exhibition is not showing she can be artistic, it's showing she can be sexy. There is a difference. Plus it's not that hard to pull off a hottie routine when you're a fit, pretty blonde girl like Gracie. Miki Ando showed she could be sexy in some of her programs and exhibitions too, but it's different than true artistry. To me Gracie is much more like Ando or Slutskaya than Yuna. Yuna is extremely musical and has a lyrical, graceful, effortless style to her skating. She IS an amazing athlete but her body type and softness of her movements would make you think otherwise until you see her jump. Gracie is an athletic type skater and it's easy to tell, she has the muscular body type, explosive jumps, and the speed, power, and stiffness you often see with anyone who is very athletic. She's obviously worked on her spins a lot and is a bit taller and more naturally flexible than a lot of the other athletic jumper-type skaters, and I think this helps her weaknesses be overlooked a bit honestly, but the artistry still has a LONG way to go if she wants to reach a Yuna, or even Carolina or Mao like caliber, in that department. Doesn't mean she CAN'T get there eventually, it's just not there yet and doesn't really appear to come naturally to her.