lelequaglia, Welcome to Golden Skate and thanks for the info about Valentina & Ondrej!
According to IceNetwork, Jeremy Abbott's new SP will be "Latch" by Sam Smith and Disclosure. Super excited for this!
Souyoun's FS music cut is great! I feel that her skating is too soft and sweet for the tragic music though.
He skated this as his exhibition at Worlds 2014 and then on the whole SOI US tour this Spring.
Fantastic program!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlsJ2W3YmgQ
Albeit, the version he's using for competition will be a shortened version and possibly the acoustic.
Duhamel / Radford
SP "Un Peu Plus Haut" by Ginette Reno
FS music from a rock band (use vocals)
http://www.skatecanada.ca/AboutUs/NewsDetails/tabid/2157/sni%5B2797%5D/3602/language/en-US/Default.aspx
According to IceNetwork, Jeremy Abbott's new SP will be "Latch" by Sam Smith and Disclosure. Super excited for this!
Exactly what are you talking about? Perhaps I can help you understand.Oh no...
That song is all about the lyrics and the singing.. for me anyways. but i'm excited.
Also, why Jeremy always puts his hands on the back for a short time in his programs? I've seen it many times and can't remember others doing this. What is he trying "to tell" with this in his choreography?
We didn't know initially which Rachmaniov for Elena, but on the 'Russian babies' thread someone posted a video with a clip of her new program and said it's Rach 3. I haven't watched the video yet myself as I just got off work but here it is:
http://vk.com/id16075772?z=video16075772_168968667/videos16075772
Regarding Anna P, she recently did an exhibition to the piece, there are at least 2 versions of that on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNOfJ8OVbHg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1_OSpXb-eI
I'm impressed with those skates, Anna is showing more emotion than I have associated with her in the past. Hope that bodes well for her competitive version!
He skated this as his exhibition at Worlds 2014 and then on the whole SOI US tour this Spring.
Fantastic program!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlsJ2W3YmgQ
Albeit, the version he's using for competition will be a shortened version and possibly the acoustic.
He skated this as his exhibition at Worlds 2014 and then on the whole SOI US tour this Spring.
Fantastic program!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlsJ2W3YmgQ
Albeit, the version he's using for competition will be a shortened version and possibly the acoustic.
I mean, I'm glad he's skating to something contemporary, but I just...am not a fan of this EX. A bit disappointed, hopefully I'll like the SP version better.
I am glad he chose something that appeals to him rather than the judges. The judges need to be re-educated and challenged if the sport need to move forward to be relevant again.
Love Jeremy's choice. Thanks for doing making something contemporarily relevant. Nowhere near a Bolero, Phantom, Carmen TG!!
Truth be told, there are so many undiscovered music gems from every period of music history, and 21st century is sadly neglected, and it doesn't have to mean orchestral OSTs or Disney songs only. Love it! Latch at Sochi would have been even more perfect, but it will do. I am glad he chose something that appeals to him rather than the judges. The judges need to be re-educated and challenged if the sport need to move forward to be relevant again.
(Plus Sam Smith is likely to be the one succeed Adele to do the new Bond movie, he is the new Adele.)
At this point, I must say the skaters and their choreo. needs to be educated first. The rules now allow vocals as well and what do they choose? POTO, Carmen, Bolero, Ave Maria. Who's fault is that?!
If judges shown a willingness to reward new exciting unconventional programs more, then most skaters (the contenders) simply str not going to take the risk since they won't get rewarded. It is usually up to the leader of the sports to takes risks and pave the way forward, but whether they get rewarded can affect how everyone else will choose their material next years. Jeremy has shown he is one of the leader of his sport by his choices, kind of like Daisuke has always tries to do but sometimes fail without the right choreographer.
People choose what they 'think' judges are comfortable to mark to gain maximum points. If the judges prove this works, skaters are going to continue to choose safe familiar choices. POTO, Carmen, Bolero have all won major Championships these past quads, so can't blame them.