Deniss Vasiljevs

[DenissVFan]

I don't think anyone posted the press conference yet. Deniss had a lot to say as always

 

[Tutto]

Just to say that his FS is , I haven't been a fan but I am now!
Such a challenging piece of music to skate to (I love classical music passionately but the 20th century leaves me cold apart from Rachmaninov) what a program! Every note, every beat was lived & breathed by Deniss, I re-watched it several times since Friday night. In my mind it is on the level of Patrick's Chopin at 4CC 2016.
God bless you Deniss for skating & Stephane for creating this masterpiece...

 

[DenissVFan]

Just to say that his FS is , I haven't been a fan but I am now!
Such a challenging piece of music to skate to (I love classical music passionately but the 20th century leaves me cold apart from Rachmaninov) what a program! Every note, every beat was lived & breathed by Deniss, I re-watched it several times since Friday night. In my mind it is on the level of Patrick's Chopin at 4CC 2016.
God bless you Deniss for skating & Stephane for creating this masterpiece...

Welcome to the other side

Stephane choreographed this program together with Kateryna Shalkina, a ballet dancer.

 

[Ruthypegs]

I don't think anyone posted the press conference yet. Deniss had a lot to say as always

Thank you! Deniss is exceptionally articulate - even more impressive since English is his 3rd or 4th language - incredible!

 

[DenissVFan]

Thank you! Deniss is exceptionally articulate - even more impressive since English is his 3rd or 4th language - incredible!

It's one of his many talents

 

[DenissVFan]

 

[DenissVFan]

Great new interview (you can turn on subtitles)

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Great new interview (you can turn on subtitles)

The more I see him, the more Franz Liszt vibes I get. At first I thought it was just his hair but I can very well imagine Liszt speaking this way (not in Estonian though).

 

[DenissVFan]

(not in Estonian though).

Latvian

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Latvian

Sorry! It's because Estonian is a Finnic language related to Magyar, spoken by Liszt. Latvian is a Baltic language.

 

[DenissVFan]

Alternative angles

 

[Tutto]

Welcome to the other side

Stephane choreographed this program together with Kateryna Shalkina, a ballet dancer.

Thank you!
Could you point me to some interview/discussion earlier in the season talking at length about his FS choreography?
Many thanks in advance.
My liking the program turning into a proper obsession, rather fast ...
It is THE program of the season for me.

 

[DenissVFan]

Thank you!
Could you point me to some interview/discussion earlier in the season talking at length about his FS choreography?
Many thanks in advance.
My liking the program turning into a proper obsession, rather fast ...
It is THE program of the season for me.

This is what I remember:

The new free skate is set to music from the ballet Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev, and Vasiljevs is excited about having the opportunity to show a different side in a “different emotional setting.” The skater worked with a Ukrainian prima ballerina who was a principal dancer at Béjart for this program.

“It’s dramatic, but it is very beautiful and classical and aesthetic,” Lambiel revealed. “There is this magic of Russian skating in Deniss. He also has this craziness and you can see that.”

https://www.goldenskate.com/2020/08/deniss-vasiljevs-hopes-to-show-different-side-for-2020-21/

You decided to keep your Free Program. What led to this decision?

There weren’t many possibilities to skate it and as usually the programs that are not too mainstream need some time do develop. Like good wine needs some time to age. I feel like this program needed more of this. On the other hand my Short Program last year was the tango and even though it was a very unique piece, there is a lot of tango in figure skating.

And in this Romeo and Juliet, I also worked with a ballerina and it’s just something that needs to live it’s story, to tell it’s own story.

In this program I am sharing my experience of the story. So imagine someone telling the story and he starts to showing something. So I am trying to re-call the whole thing as best as I can with the flow of emotions.

http://figureskating-online.com/deniss-vasiljevs.html

If I remember correctly he also talked about this here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CFl1fVjoQpK/?igshid=1jcc8idhej0js

 

[DenissVFan]

Deniss was in Latvia last weekend and gave this interview



https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/sports/zi...ource=lsm&utm_medium=theme&utm_campaign=theme

 

[Jeanie19]

Deniss was in Latvia last weekend and gave this interview



https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/sports/zi...ource=lsm&utm_medium=theme&utm_campaign=theme

I really enjoyed the interview, even though I only understood about 20% of it.

 

[DenissVFan]

I really enjoyed the interview, even though I only understood about 20% of it.

The second link is to the same interview in the text format - it's easier to translate.

 

[Ladybug89]

http://www.figureskating-online.com/deniss-vasiljevs.html

Last November I interviewed Deniss for his Olympic bio. His answers were too long to include everything in the bio, but far too good to keep them from the world. Here are his whole answers!

And here are a few more philosopher pictures from the mixed zone in Tallinn :

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZX13XGILkS/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

[DenissVFan]

http://www.figureskating-online.com/deniss-vasiljevs.html

Last November I interviewed Deniss for his Olympic bio. His answers were too long to include everything in the bio, but far too good to keep them from the world. Here are his whole answers!

And here are a few more philosopher pictures from the mixed zone in Tallinn :

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZX13XGILkS/?utm_medium=copy_link

Thank you

 

[DenissVFan]

Stephane tested positive a couple of days ago and couldn't fly to Beijing yet

He says Deniss and Shoma are already in China.
https://instagram.com/stories/slamb...ce=ig_story_item_share&utm_medium=share_sheet

What a stressful situation...

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Stephane tested positive a couple of days ago and couldn't fly to Beijing yet

He says Deniss and Shoma are already in China.
https://instagram.com/stories/slamb...ce=ig_story_item_share&utm_medium=share_sheet

What a stressful situation...

I read somewhere that Stéphane had tested negative today and was about to go?