Mirai's Carmen at US Nat.'s was wonderful, and I completely agree that you want expression, as opposed to none.:yes:
But I was thinking of say Jeremy's facial expression in his LP...subtle , but to my mind, expressive. It's with me to show emotion more strongly if the skater really feels it , or if they can make me think it's natural... So often it seems coached and used as a substitute for actually trying to feel the music. With women, I have a particular aversion to what I think of as "The Snarl of Passion". ..I think it originated with Bestemianova , and used to be observable only in Ice Dance....Now it's everywhere ; singles , pairs..I can't help imagining the poor kids gorming away into a mirror for hours, trying to perfect it.
( one of my bugaboos )
hahahaha!! got any links to the "snarl of passion?
it's a tricky thing. Probably the key is to get the technique down and really learn you program. Only then can you start thinking about facial expressions and such.
I remember one too many times dancing and being so nervous that "facial expression" basically came down to plastering a jack-o-latern smile on my face until I left the stage. But that is why I was a total amateur and Michelle Kwan is star.