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I just realised that the main focus on one foot skating in steps in a programme makes us miss a lot nowadays. The two greatest artists in footwork in my view were the great Kurt Browning and the wonderful Alexei Yagudin. Did they just stick to one foot skating? Definitely not. But they were both quite able to draw in an audience on their step sequences alone.
Look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2vUZCW6hHA (especially at the end of the programme, although it's fun to watch even before that)
I know, it's a professional skating programme, but still. I suspect even Javier (a great artist himself) would find this eye dropping. And it is. I know, there's no quads in this programme but that footwork....I keep returning to it.
So, I thought it might be nice to have a kind of chat about footwork on the ice. Does any of you miss this kind of thing currently? Isn't it a shame it won't be rewarded nowadays although it's hellishly difficult and wonderfully spectacular? Any other examples of course are very, very welcome (and, yes, I've got quite a few from Kurt on DVD so I don't have to look them up).
Looking forward to seeing them! One foot, two foot or in-between.
Look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2vUZCW6hHA (especially at the end of the programme, although it's fun to watch even before that)
I know, it's a professional skating programme, but still. I suspect even Javier (a great artist himself) would find this eye dropping. And it is. I know, there's no quads in this programme but that footwork....I keep returning to it.
So, I thought it might be nice to have a kind of chat about footwork on the ice. Does any of you miss this kind of thing currently? Isn't it a shame it won't be rewarded nowadays although it's hellishly difficult and wonderfully spectacular? Any other examples of course are very, very welcome (and, yes, I've got quite a few from Kurt on DVD so I don't have to look them up).
Looking forward to seeing them! One foot, two foot or in-between.
