Thanks Skatefan02 and Justastro and Anafer (earlier) for the postings. You saved us all a lot of time hunting for material. I watched sections of Part I and Part II of the last All That Skate performances. Stephan Lambiel was just marvelous – even though he’s not competing, he still skates at the highest level. And I liked the smallish guy – Jinsao Kim – with his hip hop dance moves. South Korea is a pretty conservative country so I’m sure he had to keep things on the mild side. And Yuna. Wow, that blood red costume was spectacular – with those gold swirls seeming to be affixed across her skin! Though if you ask me, she too skates rather conservatively. You just have to be reserved at all times in Korea, I guess. I’m not going to say a lot about Savchenko and Mossot – they need to find their own approach and not fashion their program on V and T’s style. They’re trying too hard to be romantic and affectionate. (Someone else has pointed this out already I believe. )
Oh -- the point I wanted to make is that our Max and Tati skated cautiously too, and it makes sense. I think these skaters keep the fireworks to a minimum. That is, when you’ve got to perform over and over, you can’t take too many risks. If you twist an ankle and you can’t perform, that’s a disaster, so they throw one or two of their delicious signature moves in but don’t go all out as they do in the Olympics. I'm sorry that we'll never see Masquerade Waltz and JCS again -- live, I mean.