2015-2016 Programs by Discipline

[Layback11]

Since I'm going to Skate America for all events, I'll see for myself how they skate.

Same

 

[Alba]

As a Danny Elfman fan, I was not familiar with this soundtrack. Turns out it's from a documentary about former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. I am not sure if anyone has ever skated to this before, it seems pretty obscure so good for them for not going for any warhorses. And added points for Annie Lennox in the short program.

This is what Fedor said about the choices:

FK: We worked with a lot of people. The main choreographer - Nikolai Morozov. Later we worked with our group choreographer, of course, Alla Kapranova. We worked with Juseppe Arena while in Italy. We had a chance to work with some ISU technical specialists during the summer both in the USA and Italy, they were supportive, gave their remarks and it helped us a lot. Our SP is a blues, we just liked the music - a song `I put a spell n you'. Our coach Vladislav Zovnirskii once offered us a blues and Nikolai Morozov offered us the song in a different interpretation, but back then we were more interested in the so-called folk music. We decided to go that way now. We tried to change our characters. The SP is easy - we never did a blues before. But the LP we decided to try something really unusual. We wanted everyone to figure something different there. Of course, the day will come and we'll have to reveal the story the way we see it, but for now - when I skate it I feel it differently every time. So right now the stress is less on the character but on the contemporary choreography.

AS: I.e. in order to understand the programme on `The Unknown Known' soundtrack we don't actually have to watch the movie.

FK: You might as well, probably a good movie. I haven't watched it, frankly. It's a documentary about politics, just that the music was spot on what we were looking on. Ksenia heard it and picked it, when we started skating to it we thought it was interesting. It was exactly what we wanted.
http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/ind...e-hole-after-the-olympics-was-too-deep.96189/

 

[Alchamei]

To be honest, I don't really like when skater skate to a certain soundtrack but hadn't seen the movie. I know it's not obligatory and with this kind of movie it will not give clues, but at least they might be able to understand the context and hear the music where it was composed to.

 

[Alba]

To be honest, I don't really like when skater skate to a certain soundtrack but hadn't seen the movie. I know it's not obligatory and with this kind of movie it will not give clues, but at least they might be able to understand the context and hear the music where it was composed to.

It's a political documentary and they are not going to portray anybody, least of all Rumsfeld and tell his story.

 

[TheGrandSophy]

Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier FD

I really like it!

 

[Alba]

G&P FD, terrible program for me.

 

[Scovies]

Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier FD

I really like it!

The program is interesting and I like the music, but there were a couple of parts that reminded me of tropes that I can't stand in contemporary dance -- the "standing in one spot while convulsing/twitching" and "making a bicycle motion with your legs with flexed feet" bits especially. And that final lift is... unattractive. I thought some of it was really cool, but I cringed a few times as well.

 

[mikaboo]

Shu Nakamura JPN
LP Un Giorno Per Noi from Nino Rota's Romeo and Juliet soundtrack

Shu Nakamura's LP turned out NOT to be R&J but Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto (source). Doesn't state which number, but people who saw it said it's No.2
SP Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (keeping from last season); choreo. by Eiji Iwamoto
LP Piano Concerto by Rachmaninov; choreo by Eiji Iwamoto

Ryuju Hino
SP Armenian Rhapsody; choreo by Natalia Bestemianova & Igor Bobrin

 

[BlackPack]

Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier FD

I really like it!

I like it too. This program may just bring G&P closer to the podium. Piper has improved a lot significantly every year. This program has the coolness factor but it may not necessarily evoke much emotion in the audience. But it will definitely win the judges' respect.

 

[Jaana]

The program is interesting and I like the music, but there were a couple of parts that reminded me of tropes that I can't stand in contemporary dance -- the "standing in one spot while convulsing/twitching" and "making a bicycle motion with your legs with flexed feet" bits especially. And that final lift is... unattractive. I thought some of it was really cool, but I cringed a few times as well.

I thought that will be a really great and imaginative programme, it is still a bit early days now. If one mentions an unattractive lift, to my mind always comes the one Bourne & Kraatz performed at the end of their freedance in the 2002 Olympic season, and especially unattractive it became as they fell in SLC.

 

[KIG]

Sergei Voronov RUS
SP Butterflies and Hurricanes by Muse; choreo by Jeff Buttle
LP Once Upon a Time in America soundtrack; choreo by Jeff Buttle

http://rsport.ru/blog_simonenko/20150815/854557289.html

 

[Alba]

Sergei Voronov RUS
SP Butterflies and Hurricanes by Muse; choreo by Jeff Buttle
LP Once Upon a Time in America soundtrack; choreo by Jeff Buttle

http://rsport.ru/blog_simonenko/20150815/854557289.html

Love both choices. Especially the LP. The SP is soooo him though. I can't wait.

 

[Meoima]

Sergei Voronov RUS
SP Butterflies and Hurricanes by Muse; choreo by Jeff Buttle
LP Once Upon a Time in America soundtrack; choreo by Jeff Buttle

http://rsport.ru/blog_simonenko/20150815/854557289.html

interesting

 

[OS]

Sergei Voronov RUS
SP Butterflies and Hurricanes by Muse; choreo by Jeff Buttle
LP Once Upon a Time in America soundtrack; choreo by Jeff Buttle

http://rsport.ru/blog_simonenko/20150815/854557289.html

Wow funny enough I was just listening to the Morricone OST the other day and wondered if any one can do justice to Deborah's theme... surely one of the most beautiful music of all time (thought might be an interesting choice for Julia actually. She can benefit from developing the power of stillness, holding positions, edges and lyricism which were previously under developed in her performances as she tends to thrives more on rhythmic). Wonder if they will include the theme in the edit.

As for everything else, I guess Muse is really big in Russia!

 

[lauravvv]

Thanks, KIG. The LP is an interesting choice. The SP, though... I like Muse, but their music is already becoming a bit overused in figure skating. Like, if a skater wants to be "cool", he/she chooses Muse to skate to.

 

[silverfoxes]

As for everything else, I guess Muse is really big in Russia!

Or North America...it was Jeff's idea, and D/R skated to Muse last season. Jeremy Abbott skated to Exogenesis too.

 

[HanDomi]

good music chocie, but please do something with that monster 3A telegraphing

 

[Layback11]

*Sigh* more Muse... Not my favorite, to say the least.

 

[Mohacz]

I am not sure if it has already been posted here, but the music of Ilinykh & Zhiganshin's SP will be Queen’s “Somebody to love” and “We will rock you”. Below a link to quite a recent interview with Elena.

http://www.ifigureskating.com/elena-ilinykh-i-am-learning-how-not-to-be-sexy/

 

[Alba]

Yes, I&Z programs are know since June I think. :yes:
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Below a link to quite a recent interview with Elena.

http://www.ifigureskating.com/elena-ilinykh-i-am-learning-how-not-to-be-sexy/

This is the complete interview from the original link in russian, with english translation, if you are interested.
http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/ind...spring-summer-2015.95566/page-21#post-4536027