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- Oct 26, 2016
Well, I gues we can say De gustibus non disputandum est, with regards to costumes.
Slow skating who, H&B? Absolutely.
Those are great ideas too. :agree: You don't have to copy the same movements. The idea, the concept only, is suffice. You go to a choreographer and say I have this image in my mind. I want to express this and that. It's his/her job to translate all that into movements/dance. Even from a poetry or a book subject you can pull off smth great. A theatrical piece would be another great source too. I mean look at Stolbova&Klimov's FP "The Man and the Shadow" in 2015/2016. I came from a political documentary. Actually I think the music was the inspiration for her, haunting and dark. They went to Morozov and he did a great choreo for them. The same Morozov who has done plenty of generic crap also before. The ideas and concept is crucial, IMO. Especially in ID, when you do not have the big elements. Therefore, the storytelling through body movements and performance is really important.
As you rightly put it, Tessa and Scott are blessed with natural talent and their strength is the versatility. They can do drama, they can do sexy, playfulness. They can do rock, dark or romance. They had a vaste choice and what do they pick? "I love you. You love me. I am sooooooooo passionate about you. You're hot, I'm hot. Life isn't just, we can't be together. I die." :sarcasm: yeah no. I can watch The Notebook, if I want that.
I am being deliberately harsh because I hold them in high regard as skaters. They are so much more than THAT and I am a bit pissed they went with "safe".
They actually chose their programs not to be safe but because it is what make them tick. Here again, as you said, de gustibus non disputandum est.