Skaters whose ballet training has paid off

[passion]

Mao Asada - beautiful hand and arm movements. Nice line. Nice flexibility.

 

[lmarie086]

I'm pretty sure Tessa Virtue trained in ballet for awhile.

 

[camion]

Sasha Cohen- crazy flexibility and great posture. I think most top skaters @ one point or another did some off ice ballet training though, right?

 

[KayMil01]

Stephane Lambiel did ballet too.

 

[ks777]

Sasha Cohen- crazy flexibility and great posture. I think most top skaters @ one point or another did some off ice ballet training though, right?

probably not Fumie. I can't see any stretch in her posture.

 

[dancingqueen]

Ladies - Yukina Ota, Oksana Baiul, ( Though I don't know they have ever trained ballet or not. But they are really great. )

Men - Emanuel Sandhu, Johnny Weir

Mao & Mai Asada are also good. Mai may care more for sensitive detailed subtle movements.

 

[siberia82]

Kurt Browning, Jeff Buttle, Shawn Sawyer.

 

[Tonichelle]

I second the Kurt Browning - not only did it pay off on the ice, it really helped his personal life out, too!

 

[Tinymavy15]

All the russian dance and pair teams have been doing extensive ballet training since babyhood giving them those lines and elegance that always give them that extra edge.

 

[mycelticblessing]

All the russian dance and pair teams have been doing extensive ballet training since babyhood giving them those lines and elegance that always give them that extra edge.

The top Russian teams always had beautiful lines. That really set them apart from other teams who could match them technically, but not artistically.

 

[Ladskater]

Karen Magnussen - She had the best carriage when she skated; one could tell she had ballet training.

 

[feraina]

Caroline Zhang! She has a GREAT new exhibition program, which she debuted at TEB. The video is already up at YT.

 

[gocaroline]

Caroline Zhang! She has a GREAT new exhibition program, which she debuted at TEB. The video is already up at YT.

Thanks! I love it!

 

[Bennett]

Mirai Nagasu.

 

[Sdongxie]

I second the Kurt Browning - not only did it pay off on the ice, it really helped his personal life out, too!

I can't agree more:chorus:

 

[Bennett]

I second the Kurt Browning - not only did it pay off on the ice, it really helped his personal life out, too!

Why? I mean if I may ask.


BTW, I watched a dance competition video of Sandu. He was really good.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

I really believe any kind of dance training including acrobatic training as well as Spanish, Tap, and Modern Dances will help. Acrobatic dancing is the oldest form a dance and it was always taught with beautiful line.

 

[John King]

Why? I mean if I may ask.


BTW, I watched a dance competition video of Sandu. He was really good.

He married a ballerina, Sonia Rodriguez from The National Ballet of Canada.

 

[Kypma]

I'm pretty sure Tessa Virtue trained in ballet for awhile.

I think she's done ballet since she was a small kid -- by age 9 (?) The National Ballet wanted her to perform with them, but she chose to ice dance. Tracy Wilson said that during their 2004 Nationals Free Dance. Also, I think she still does ballet, as does Scott, though, for him, it's purely for skating (as said in a GoldenSkate interview).

-Kypma

 

[Bennett]

Thanks, John King.

I think she's done ballet since she was a small kid -- by age 9 (?) The National Ballet wanted her to perform with them, but she chose to ice dance. Tracy Wilson said that during their 2004 Nationals Free Dance. Also, I think she still does ballet, as does Scott, though, for him, it's purely for skating (as said in a GoldenSkate interview).

-Kypma

You mean she got an offer from a ballet company (not a ballet school)? If so, starting at 9 (instead of 3 or 4) and invited even before 15 would have been so extremely good.