Chan and Kostner traveled all the way to Japan to perform at DOI and Suzuki just came back from Detroit. I won't blame them if they were feeling tired.
Yes, Patrick, Carolina, Hanyu, and Suzuki just travelled to Japan from NA and Europe, so they all had jet lags, but they still tried to entertain the audience. I think most of the audience understood this and still loved to see all of them skating. Btw, I think Patrick looks good in that kimono.
But - ehh, are you joking here? Those 'Uncles' are both famous and respected choreographers and also respectable people. They do their jobs well. Also, Kurt Browning is a legendary showman (and also artist) - probably the best among figure skaters. I think Hanya and his coach knew what to expect when they turned to him for choreography. Plus, at 17 (and to be 18 this year), Yuzuru is not such a child anymore. I don't think that sexy choreo for a guy of that age is something unacceptable. But a skater has to be a good performer to pull something like that off, because confidence and a sense of freedom is needed to make the public believe in that image too.
I’m a big fan of Kurt and think he’s one of the most talented skaters ever—jumpwise, skating skills-wise, and presentation-wise. But just because he’s awesome and we love him don’t mean all programs choreographed by him are automatically the best programs in the world. He choreographed Kozuka’s “Hello, Goodbye & Safety Dance” program, which was not that good, certainly not as good as Kozuka’s “Inner Urge” program choreographed by David Wilson, although the two programs had similar styles. You know, even the best choreographer could come up with mediocre programs sometimes, just like the best skater could miss his/her jumps sometimes.
Have you watched Hanyu’s new “Hello, I Love You” EX program choreographed by Kurt? If you have watched it, then you’ll understand why some people are disappointed. This program is too similar to Hanyu’s “Vertigo” program in 2010/11 season. Hanyu skated to that kind of sexy, retro, alternate rock style when he was only 15 y.o., and he already mastered that style quite well back then. Some people are disappointed because the choreography, music choice, and overall style of his new EX program choreographed by Kurt are astonishingly similar to the “Vertigo” program, except that the “Hello, I Love You” program has additional “stripping” part, which made a lot of the female audience crazy, so Hanyu pulled the sexy part off. In this aspect, I think the program is successful.
But this new “Hello, I Love You” program lacks the originality and creativity that some people were looking for. Even Hanyu’s former coach Nanami Abe was able to choreograph the “Vertigo” program by herself, and Abe is not even a famous choreographer in Japan. When people knew Kurt was working on the new EX, they were excited and had high expectation. Then when they saw “Hello, I Love You” program some of them became somewhat disappointed. Of course, many girls love it because they love the stripping part and think Hanyu looks hot in the tight shirt and black leather pants.
I can also understand let’s talk’s disppointment because s/he likes Hanyu’s programs choreographed by Bestemianova & Bobrin. Indeed, B&B created two mature and poignant programs that Abe alone could not have created—that’s why one goes to famous foreign choreographers for help, to get something your coach could not do by him/herself. B&B gave Hanyu very powerful yet elegant and poignant programs that are unique and different from other skaters’ programs.
Nowadays even the little kids, e.g., Shoma Uno and He Zhang are trying to do “sexy” programs. It’s not that difficult to skate in some form of sexy and cool style. But Hanyu’s B&B programs are the real deep and passionate programs that brought many audience members to tears and attracted new fans both online and in the real world. I can understand why some people want to see more programs like those.
People thought Kurt and Wilson would bring out a good new style, like what B&B did. While some are disappointed that the beginning is not as good and original as they expected, I still hope that the two new competitive programs will be good, creative, and something different. Well, this EX is just the beginning, and Kurt will have time to get to know Hanyu and get creative with his future program(s). But even if Kurt, at the worst, fails by the end and just never succeeds to choreograph any good programs for Hanyu, I would still love Kurt… just because I’ve been his fan for years.
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He now apprears even taller and more muscular than Takahito Mura (the very left, back row).
