Deniss Vasiljevs

[yesterday]

Hasn't he the best birthday day for a figure skater? During summer, after main choreo work and before the season starts again

I read the article and found out that we also have something like Cepelinai here. Not as traditional perhaps, but I love it

 

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[DizzyFrenchie]

Scoop! We knew that Deniss Vasiljevs loved to read but really, I thought that his preferred hobby was baking.
I'm not surprised that he would be a ballet dancer if he weren't a figure skater, and I'm sure that he would be a great one, both in classical and contemporary ballets, furthermore men in ballets have solo variations and duos with lifts, and I'm sure he would have excelled at both; but then, I would have thought of Cambodia over Vietnam? Anyway Deniss Vasiljevs never ceases to surprise me!

 

[ChristineB]

Scoop! We knew that Deniss Vasiljevs loved to read but really, I thought that his preferred hobby was baking.
I'm not surprised that he would be a ballet dancer if he weren't a figure skater, and I'm sure that he would be a great one, both in classical and contemporary ballets, furthermore men in ballets have solo variations and duos with lifts, and I'm sure he would have excelled at both; but then, I would have thought of Cambodia over Vietnam? Anyway Deniss Vasiljevs never ceases to surprise me!

I think Philippe Clement, his off-ice trainer, is highly connected to martial arts in Vietnam, so I am sure that influenced him. I can absolutely see Deniss as a wonderful ballet dancer. His posture is perfection.

 

[DenissVFan]

Scoop! We knew that Deniss Vasiljevs loved to read but really, I thought that his preferred hobby was baking.
I'm not surprised that he would be a ballet dancer if he weren't a figure skater, and I'm sure that he would be a great one, both in classical and contemporary ballets, furthermore men in ballets have solo variations and duos with lifts, and I'm sure he would have excelled at both; but then, I would have thought of Cambodia over Vietnam? Anyway Deniss Vasiljevs never ceases to surprise me!

Didn't he audition for a ballet group as a child? Can anyone confirm?

I think his Philippe Clement, his off-ice trainer, is highly connected to martial arts in Vietnam, so I am sure that influenced him. I can absolutely see Deniss as a wonderful ballet dancer. His posture is perfection.

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[Ladybug89]

Scoop! We knew that Deniss Vasiljevs loved to read but really, I thought that his preferred hobby was baking.
I'm not surprised that he would be a ballet dancer if he weren't a figure skater, and I'm sure that he would be a great one, both in classical and contemporary ballets, furthermore men in ballets have solo variations and duos with lifts, and I'm sure he would have excelled at both; but then, I would have thought of Cambodia over Vietnam? Anyway Deniss Vasiljevs never ceases to surprise me!

I think until around 3 years ago his answer on the first question would have been “baking” but he really developed and matured a lot over the last years.
I guess everyone that age does, but as he is one of the skaters I personally know best, it shows to me the most.

He still loves baking and does it regularily though

I don’t think he ever practiced to become a ballett dancer but they put a lot of attention to off-ice ballett training also when he was still a kid.
In Champéry they also regularily have ballett classes with Leslie Wiesner als off ice classes.

And his mom’s family side has a dancing background.

 

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First JGP competition for Deniss - 10 years ago

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

First JGP competition for Deniss - 10 years ago

Thank you, this was sooo beautiful! But now, in the light of his last interview, I'm going to regret Principal Dancer Deniss Vasiljevs skating the Nutcracker Prince in a parallel Universe, because I've never seen this particular intent (I don't know how to express it), both lyrical, appuyé and délié, in a ballet dancer's interpretation of this part, and I believe that it would have been something. Perhaps he chose it because it suited his stage in skating abilities so well, but then, what a vision at such a young age!

 

[yesterday]

First JGP competition for Deniss - 10 years ago

That must have been a really cool feeling for Latvian fans back then, seeing that they could have a rising star in that sport where their country was/is a smaller one.

And what an event that was - he shared it with Shoma, Sota, Jimmy, and Roman
And another interesting name (I can't single all of them out) was there: Juho Pirinen, who now skates ID with Yuka Orihara

 

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http://www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/32206

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

http://www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/32206

Did he cut his hair a little bit shorter? Still gorgeous!

 

[ChristineB]

http://www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/32206

Looks like a little trim. I love it!

 

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[DizzyFrenchie]

Thank you for this great interview!
Still in my idea that Deniss Vasiljevs looks like Franz Liszt at the same age (and it's more striking with his new haircut), after Switzerland, it was perfectly logical that he should visit Italy! (like Liszt in his 20s, his "years of pilgrimage"):