- Joined
- May 10, 2010
As dance
Also going against the grain, I am moved more by a clean, heartfelt performance than a technically perfect one: Jeannie Rochette's Olympic SP, Lu Chen's Olympic LP, Matt Savoie's The Mission LP, Kwan's Lyra Angelica. I look at figure skating more like dance than sport, about the skater's intention and honesty in a step than movement for movement's sake. Athletic excellence is great, but to me it only becomes transcendent when a skater uses that excellence with purpose.
Also going against the grain, I am moved more by a clean, heartfelt performance than a technically perfect one: Jeannie Rochette's Olympic SP, Lu Chen's Olympic LP, Matt Savoie's The Mission LP, Kwan's Lyra Angelica. I look at figure skating more like dance than sport, about the skater's intention and honesty in a step than movement for movement's sake. Athletic excellence is great, but to me it only becomes transcendent when a skater uses that excellence with purpose.