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I'm italicizing what I posted in the Ladies and the Quad thread. I feel it's an appropriate way to introduce this thread and its significance.
Is there a thread on this forum for people who wish to discuss artistry in figure skating and, as they perceive it, the current decline of the sport? I personally feel like the sport has moved in a really uninspired direction and that some of the top figure skaters right now are offering very little. I'm not asking for a thread to bash figure skaters by any means, but I do think it would be nice to have a place to discuss the magic of the work of Kim, Witt, and Miyahara and objectively talk about what sort of changes and growth we can hope to see from today's top-ranked skaters. For example, I think Kim had a really good understanding of what her body moving in space looked like to an external eye. Look at her arms raised in a circle above her head during her layback spin here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgXKJvTVW9g at 3:40. The beauty of that shape is reflective of Kim's great understanding of what she looks like from an outside eye. I think that a skater like Sotnikova, who I have tremendous respect for, could've become even greater by working to enhance her understanding of this idea, because at times her arm movement seemed like "flailing" and lacking purpose.
Basically I'm asking if there's a thread to very intelligently and respectfully discuss artistry in the sport: the current state and also past and present examples of greatness and what we can learn from them.
Is there a thread on this forum for people who wish to discuss artistry in figure skating and, as they perceive it, the current decline of the sport? I personally feel like the sport has moved in a really uninspired direction and that some of the top figure skaters right now are offering very little. I'm not asking for a thread to bash figure skaters by any means, but I do think it would be nice to have a place to discuss the magic of the work of Kim, Witt, and Miyahara and objectively talk about what sort of changes and growth we can hope to see from today's top-ranked skaters. For example, I think Kim had a really good understanding of what her body moving in space looked like to an external eye. Look at her arms raised in a circle above her head during her layback spin here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgXKJvTVW9g at 3:40. The beauty of that shape is reflective of Kim's great understanding of what she looks like from an outside eye. I think that a skater like Sotnikova, who I have tremendous respect for, could've become even greater by working to enhance her understanding of this idea, because at times her arm movement seemed like "flailing" and lacking purpose.
Basically I'm asking if there's a thread to very intelligently and respectfully discuss artistry in the sport: the current state and also past and present examples of greatness and what we can learn from them.