Lambiel did an interview with TSL and talked about choreographing for Liza:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytvJzTrZUo&t=59m25s
He says some really nice things about her, and how she's improved from when they first met several years ago, but it kind of rubbed me the wrong way when they asked what she's kept of the FS choreography and he was like "the music." It was a flippant remark and definitely meant to be a joke, but given how she's been struggling just to get her jumps back to the consistency she had with them last season, it felt like an unnecessary dig. It'd be one thing if she was throwing down technically brilliant skates and just carelessly leaving out all of the in-betweens; even in Zagreb, she's still trying to get comfortable on the ice. As I've said here before, when she's comfortable and familiar with a program (see: Bolero), she has no problem incorporating the choreography with the jumps. Peer Gynt still needs more time, I'm sure of it.
In any event, I don't know how I'd feel if I was a skater and my choreographer said that, but I'm probably more sensitive than an elite athlete.
What I really meant is that skating fans usually prefer a ladies skater whose programs are permeated with feminine beauty, like Carolina, Yuna and Mao.
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