Did you notice that there are music trends in FS that influence the choices of music of the skaters.
I don't know much about skating before the 80s, but from what I've seen, classical music was heavily used.
From the 80s on something changed. Almost every skater used disco music in either the SP or LP, but especially in the SP. I think the trend was started by Denise Biellmann. In the LP there were a lot of music cuts either from classical music and/or from soundtracks.
In the 90s disco music disappeared, the trend was to use more latin pieces and jazzy tunes. Ethnic and folk music was also introduced and a lot of skaters used it for a period. In the mid to late 90s appeared also the techno/dance trend that continues in Men skating, but not in Ladies.
The first 2000s followed the 90s trend, but soon surfaced a "new" trend that I'll call neo-classical, especially in Ladies. Classical music is now both used in the SP and LP.
I don't know much about skating before the 80s, but from what I've seen, classical music was heavily used.
From the 80s on something changed. Almost every skater used disco music in either the SP or LP, but especially in the SP. I think the trend was started by Denise Biellmann. In the LP there were a lot of music cuts either from classical music and/or from soundtracks.
In the 90s disco music disappeared, the trend was to use more latin pieces and jazzy tunes. Ethnic and folk music was also introduced and a lot of skaters used it for a period. In the mid to late 90s appeared also the techno/dance trend that continues in Men skating, but not in Ladies.
The first 2000s followed the 90s trend, but soon surfaced a "new" trend that I'll call neo-classical, especially in Ladies. Classical music is now both used in the SP and LP.
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