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I like big, dramatic programs too! That's why Black Swan is hands down my favourite program. I was simply wondering what a soft program from them might look like. I remember reading an interview with another Russian coach (I forget who), who said that soft, quiet music like Moonlight Sonata is actually quite difficult to do well without seeming boring, and he thought V/T would be the only current team who had the maturity to carry it off. Like their 'Benedictus' exhibition, which I find magical. Maybe not for a long program, but a short program maybe. But I imagine choreographing for a competitive program is probably different to choreographing an exhibition.
Speaking of dramatic music... what about the Rose Adagio from Sleeping Beauty?
Oh. I got exciting and didn't finish reading the post.
I think they're style is more like Aliona and Robin than people and even they think (at least the type of music that they can skate too). One of my favorite Aliona/Robin programs that unfortunately got dumped and was only performed three times I think was their "When Winter Comes" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfXhlksmtg, which I actually like better than Tat and Max's "Masquerade Waltz"). It's soft yet has an ethereal and powerful intensity to it. I think Tat and Max could do it. It can show off their classical line without being "classical" in the stereotypical sense. I too hope that they should get some programs from Moskvina. I actually want them to stay away from the typical or stereotypical pairs programs like "Moonlight Sonata" and such. And yes! Benedictus was good too!
For dramatic, maybe something fro the operatic setting of "The Crucible!"
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