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Have you been to any good ice shows lately?

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I went to both shows on April 28th. Prince Ice World corps de ballet is keeping its traditional amplua- spike of youth, athletism, devoted presentation and hard work all around. A good deal of male skaters did 3T, 3S and 2A, Nanri did 3Lutz. Which is a set for gala EX of some so-called "world champion" whose name shall not be named here. Their theatrical line is never cheap, i.e. no 50cents T-shirts. Each exit is in a new outfit that they wear for a couple of minutes. This season they had an excursus to the past, as well as looking for the future (last season the theme was Summer Oly in London). Junko is very positive and joyful in her skating, while Ota takes the lyrical part with her amazing spirals and spins. Soshi Tanaka with his Roxanne is some collage of cocky Plu and sensitive Dai (and he actually looks like the one: http://www.princehotels.co.jp/iceshow/performer/imgs/piwt/piwt_21.jpg ) Takeshi knows how to hook me since he again took Italian vocals with their opera flavours. He did 3T and 3S quite solid, his powerful eagle as usual full of masculinity and reserved passion. In the morning show's finale he tried 3T-3T combo but had a big step-out on the second jump. For Shizuka I need to make a paste of "ice-princess music, prety dress, 3S, 2A, ina bauer, spin, posing, end" in order not to type the same stuff again and again. There is no changes in her skating, which means she can't or doesn't want to skate something diffferent. Fiona with Dmitry were the only representatives of "skating in pair", so they could entertain the not-spoilt-by-pairs J-audience easily, with all their pair elements and acrobatic tricks.

Sasaki was all Sasaki: cool, fun and full of electric energy. He did 3Z, 3F tano, in the afternoon show's finale he went for 3A but fell. Akiko has a new hair-style and now looks like a 45yo obasan. She skated ice-princess stuff (Costello's "She") in a white dress, the choreo was probably done for 5 minutes, so conveyor-ish it looked. In the morning she had a shaky landing on 3S and singled her axel. In the afternoon she fell on 3S, did 2A. In a finale she tried 3S again but had a huge step out with both hands on the ice. Kanako skated some black-gold dress a la Disney image with a black scarf, a little heavy image but she tried to be expressive. She did 3Z, her 3S-2Lo-2lo combo, camel spin was not good. In the afternoon she had a step-ut on 3Z, in a finale did 3S clean. In general her attitude was very enjoyable.

Tatsuki presented his new prog, music is the soundtrack for J-TV drama "白夜行" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inTyy05Ra0k He was in a deep-blue top with a crimson glove on one hand. Did everything clean in both shows: 3F, 3L, 3A, 3S (had slightly deep sit in the morning show though), combo spin and spins were really nice, as well as "telling" the story with soft arms and hands. He had a moment when he was shaking a hand similar to Dai's move in "Pagliacci", and he finished the prog lying on the ice with a torso a little up, like Dai in the mid of his "Tango." In general he was very light and really involved in music. Also, the quality of his jumps means that he has a rather serious approach for the next season.

Mao had a really good day. She was like a skating piano music itself in her Chopin's Ballad, with all its sophistication and romantism. In the morning show she did a good 3F, then doubled her loop, then did two 2A, magnificient spirals and spins. Her doubled loop was her only mistake of the day. In a finale she, probably feeling disappointed, did 3Loop again and landed it clean, making the happy face expression like "Yatta!". In the afternoon show she was absolutely clean in all jump passes, then she did 3F in a finale and she probably planned to add the second jump, i.e. make it a combo, but the landing on 3F was perhaps not that solid, so she didn't add the second jump. I told her that her Ballad was a masterpiece but I am not even sure that she could hear me well in all that fanfest all around. I made some videos and pics with fans but no vids/pics do her any justice- it's a known fact that she is much more charming in real life. Also, her hands are very warm, like Dai's hands. As if there's sunshine inside them that makes them be so warm-hearted/handed. :)
Mao:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8_j1oB55g4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOJCBw_kfGw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ojMTRB42A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKY_gGOI5ZQ
Tatsuki:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUihx7srqqs
Kanako:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXbHGFxtVUE
Sasaki:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDCEU0OMgIM
Shizuka:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGOdJqomJW0
Pics: http://twitpic.com/e/2n6h Btw, there are many pics made by fans on Twiiter.

Videos/pics of show itself is not allowed. So, it's only news clip for now. But it's yesterday shows, on 27th, not the ones that I attended. PIW is usually not broadcasted at all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cILFhZdVcpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPuyUxaiszA

Next time I will go to PIW shows in May 3th and 4th, with Dai and Mura (no Mao). Then updates will follow.
 

demarinis5

Gold for the Winter Prince!
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Thank you for your detailed report and all of the video clips! Sounds like a wonderful show and I am glad you enjoyed yourself. I look forward to
your further report.
 

mielikki

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Apr 28, 2013
Thanks for the report, let`s talk!
Looking forward for the update on Dai.
I wonder why do they forbid taking vids/pics of a show which ain't even broadcasted? Like, people won't go to the next shows if they see pics online? :confused:

Bolshoi on Ice show in Seoul
This May guest skaters:
5/1-5/6 Tuktamisheva & Gachinski
5/10-5/12 and 5/17-5/19 Voronov
5/24-5/26 Yagudin
 
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You are indeed lucky, Let's Talk, and I thank you for sharing your luck with us by giving us such "you are there" details. I love what you said about Mao, that her hands are warm as if sunshine is in them. It's great that she had such good skates for both of these shows. Everything I hear about Mao and Dai leads me to believe that they are really nice people off the ice, which adds to my admiration of them.
 

dorispulaski

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United-States
Thanks for the report, let`s talk!
Looking forward for the update on Dai.
I wonder why do they forbid taking vids/pics of a show which ain't even broadcasted? Like, people won't go to the next shows if they see pics online? :confused:

Bolshoi on Ice show in Seoul
This May guest skaters:
5/1-5/6 Tuktamisheva & Gachinski
5/10-5/12 and 5/17-5/19 Voronov
5/24-5/26 Yagudin

Welcome to Golden Skate mielikki!
 

ice coverage

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It's some video from Stars on Ice (not Japan tour). Have no idea when the show took place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mLh4y_cuRM

Thank you, let's talk. :bow:

Was just browsing back through this thread and stumbled upon your post. Out of curiosity, I clicked on your link ... and voila!

The Moir/Buttle/Poje/Abbott tour de force to "Waiting for my Real Life to Begin" is from the 2012 Canadian Stars on Ice tour.

And the professionally-shot version (not uploaded on YouTube until April 2013) is a great find. :)
Because intricate lighting is an integral part of the program, the performance was difficult for audience members to capture successfully with their own videos (although all efforts were appreciated).
 

let`s talk

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Sep 10, 2009
I wonder why do they forbid taking vids/pics of a show which ain't even broadcasted?
:think: Agree it doesn't make much sense but that is how it works here. On PIW the broadcast rights belong to Tokai TV, which is a local TV of Chubu. They might broadcast (and only locally, i.e. not in all Japan) the PIW show in Nagoya(Chubu) that will be held later in May with a completely different cast (no Dai, no Mao, no Tatsuki). For now- only news clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6TaviQ0FU



Ice shows are also being held in other countries as well, where the rules are not that inadequately strict, so we can enjoy some stuff that fans filmed.


"Music on Ice", in Geneva:

Brian, "Gladiator":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtNCGOzuLI
Brian, "I look to you":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuu6-GINX1E
Stephane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cdh4-w_pDQ
 
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That is so cute how Mao receives flowers from adoring fans until she can't hold any more, and then the girl with the basket comes up to take them away so she can start over. :)

Who are the "Security Knights?" A boy band? ;) Or are these the security people who try to keep the fans from jumping over the railing to mob their favorite skater?
 

let`s talk

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Who are the "Security Knights?" A boy band? ;) Or are these the security people who try to keep the fans from jumping over the railing to mob their favorite skater?
Hehe. No, they are PIW staffers who mostly keep the railing securied. They are not real security, i.e. no guns and stuff. I called them "knights" because they do act very protective to Mao and can't hide their warm smiles when they look at her. Cute! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8_j1oB55g4&t=1m00s
 

let`s talk

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PIW are too good to skate locally. Have no idea why they don't tour internationally. Besides the stuff that I wrote in the previous post, Nanri this afternoon did 3A and did so easily, as a matter of fact. :cool:

Kanako in the morning show did 3Z with step out, on 3S she had an unsecure landing, so she didn't add a combo jump. In the afternoon she did 3Z with step out and one hand touched the ice. Her traditional combo 3S-2Lo-2Lo was good. She tried to skate like a grown-up and mature. Her technical set for PIW shows is the most difficult one followed by Mao (wasn't on the cast today). Akiko on the other hand chose the safest route a la Arakawa, of 3S and 2A and messed up, big or small, in all 4 shows that I have seen by now. This morning she had a shaky landing on 3S, 2A was okay. In the afternoon she did 3S and had a step out on 2A. Again steps out in a finale.
Takeshi skated very well his EX with 3T and 3S, powerful eagle, expressiveness and confidence of charm. In a finale he challeneged a combo, in the morning the second jump was 2T only, in the afternoont he added 3T but it was ur and with step out. Never mind. He retired years ago. Sasaki was a crowd pleaser himself, full of joy and optimism. In the afternoon show he skated a different EX, where he makes fun of high school boys and girls. The girls' part was super extravagant, with a spiral and a bielmann spiral backwards, then a layback spin, etc. No need to say how he entertained the audience. He did 3F shaky and a good 3Z tano in the morning. In the afternoon 3Z tano was with step out. In both finale he tried 3A but fell.

Tatsuki again went practically clean in both shows. In the morning all jump passes were perfect: 3F, 3A, 3S, 3L from a spiral. In the afternoon he had a little deep sit on 3A but not that much. The prog is so beautiful that I was almost sure that Steph somehow was involved. Guess what. When I asked Tatsuki who choreographed this new EX, he said him (!), himself. Alone with no one's help. I was like :eek: and had to re-ask. And he said yes, that's all him. Maybe Daisuke should ask Tatsuki to choreo his new progs?
Mura presented his new EX in a shirt that he obviously borrowed from Kozuka's closet. The music choice is rather heavy for galas, but he went on jumps because that is what he could do better than other stuff. In the morning he did 3T, 3Z, his amazing 3A, fell on 3F, then did 3S. In the afternoon 3A had two hands on the ice and 3Z was with step out. In the finale he did a quad, two-footed. Never mind too. Because he looks so happy, basically shining with happiness when showing his marriage ring: http://twitpic.com/cnv0tn . He also said that his family is expecting a baby girl: Mura-chan. :)

Daisuke showed up in the dark in the costume that I immediately identified as Moonlight Sonata. But when the music started, the audience, who (myself including) probably didn't expect him skating that SP, exploded into ovation. He didn't fail us and skated awfully well. Did a 3F, a gorgeous 3A and 3L, steps and spins were die for, especially the final footwork, the one that I fell in love with the moment I saw it for the first time. In a finale Dai did a really good combo 3F-3Loop (!), the one that I haven't seen from him for a while. I told him that his MS is a masterpiece and pointed out that so many people love him, and he smiled. So did the happy I. In the afternoon show he skated Tango, spins and steps were as great as usual, as well as 3F and 3L. But he singled his 3A, so did 1A instead. You know how upset he feels when he fails smth., especially in shows. In a finale he went for trixel again but did 2A only, then tried another one almost immediately, rotated 3A but fell terribly painfully. I hope he is okay and wasn't hurt. Dai still looks a little skinny but healthier than in London or even WTT. Still I think that that mistake on axel in the afternoon show might be the result of general tiredness. I ranted again to him that his tango is so passionate and how he can do that I wonder. He made a trickily enigmatical smile but didn't tell his brand secret. ;)

Anyway, tomorrow I am going to both shows too! Then the updates will follow.
 

dorispulaski

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:love: thank you

How great to hear there is a new, young Japanese choreographer :bow: :bow:
I hope videos will be on youtube!

let's talk said:
Tatsuki again went practically clean in both shows. In the morning all jump passes were perfect: 3F, 3A, 3S, 3L from a spiral. In the afternoon he had a little deep sit on 3A but not that much. The prog is so beautiful that I was almost sure that Steph somehow was involved. Guess what. When I asked Tatsuki who choreographed this new EX, he said him (!), himself. Alone with no one's help. I was like and had to re-ask. And he said yes, that's all him. Maybe Daisuke should ask Tatsuki to choreo his new progs?
 

Mrs. P

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:love: thank you

How great to hear there is a new, young Japanese choreographer :bow: :bow:
I hope videos will be on youtube!

Yes, I agree! I totally loved his programs this year and it's so cool he's doing his own thing! :love:

Also he got a haircut! I think he looks great with it!
 

giulia95

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PIW are too good to skate locally. Have no idea why they don't tour internationally.

Daisuke showed up in the dark in the costume that I immediately identified as Moonlight Sonata. But when the music started, the audience, who (myself including) probably didn't expect him skating that SP, exploded into ovation. He didn't fail us and skated awfully well. Did a 3F, a gorgeous 3A and 3L, steps and spins were die for, especially the final footwork, the one that I fell in love with the moment I saw it for the first time. In a finale Dai did a really good combo 3F-3Loop (!), the one that I haven't seen from him for a while. I told him that his MS is a masterpiece and pointed out that so many people love him, and he smiled. So did the happy I. In the afternoon show he skated Tango, spins and steps were as great as usual, as well as 3F and 3L. But he singled his 3A, so did 1A instead. You know how upset he feels when he fails smth., especially in shows. In a finale he went for trixel again but did 2A only, then tried another one almost immediately, rotated 3A but fell terribly painfully. I hope he is okay and wasn't hurt. Dai still looks a little skinny but healthier than in London or even WTT. Still I think that that mistake on axel in the afternoon show might be the result of general tiredness. I ranted again to him that his tango is so passionate and how he can do that I wonder. He made a trickily enigmatical smile but didn't tell his brand secret. ;)

Anyway, tomorrow I am going to both shows too! Then the updates will follow.

I still can't believe you talked so much to DAI !!!!!!!:bow::love:

I hope to see PIW in Europe one day , it would be fantastic!!

Let's Talk you're so lucky! Thank you so much for the report and have a lot of fun tomorrow!:bow::clap:
 
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