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Please tell us how balletic skaters from the past were.
It behooves you to study the history of figure skating. Artistic skating was created when Jackson Haines did ballet moves on ice. Countless figure skating moves are derived directly from ballet. The spread eagle is the second position. Ina bauer the fourth. Split falling leafs came from grande jetes. The attitude position of the leg in laybacks and upright spins. The arabesque position where the ballet term is kept. Newer moves like arm positions in the tano lutz are an imitation of ballet. The emphasis on toe pointing came directly from ballet.
And no, Sasha did not invent any of these.
If you want past examples of balletic skaters look to Charlotte Oelschlagel, John Curry, Gordeeva/Grinkov, Oksana Baiul. Sasha is just one in a long line of balletic skaters. And skating has moved far beyond its ballet origins to the point where many other types of skaters can succeed.