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- Dec 16, 2006
In the past, the slow section was used to show that skaters are able to skate to slow tempos that have a lot of emotion (Sandra Bezic said in an interview that she was challenged in getting Brian Boitano to skate slowly in the 80's). Nowadays, it seems the slow section is where the skaters are trying to catch their second wind. What is your opinion of the slow section? Are the skaters even expressing the slow section anymore? Which skaters out there are more effective than others in expressing the slow section?
One criticism I had of one of my favourite Michelle programs was that in the slow section of her Spartacus SP, she was doing really fast footwork. Ditto for the early version of Sarah Hughes' 2002 Olympic LP, where she had fast circular footwork during the Rachmaninoff Piano concerto #2 Adagio section.
Should skaters just stop having a slow section?
One criticism I had of one of my favourite Michelle programs was that in the slow section of her Spartacus SP, she was doing really fast footwork. Ditto for the early version of Sarah Hughes' 2002 Olympic LP, where she had fast circular footwork during the Rachmaninoff Piano concerto #2 Adagio section.
Should skaters just stop having a slow section?