Is Frank going to try to pull off another Salome with Gracie?
In this video Dick said it was not Dean's work (near the end of the performance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsEDGn0jRQk
As I recall Dean "disowned" it before she debuted it because she took out a lot of choreography and he was frustrated by it.
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Support, please?
OMG, these Kwan attacks are making angels lose wings. There were always nuances that separated all of the programs. Maybe the structures and elements were often similar but she still utilized them in different ways and did more artistically than anyone else. All while being a very technically sound and consistent competitor and performer.
Mandarin was a GREAT piece for her. It could have been even better, but I still love what she was attempting. It would have been amazing if she brought it back in 2005:
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...Flatt-s-New-SP&p=541411&viewfull=1#post541411
I think the choreographer is going to be Lori!
That was just his opinion. He had no way of knowing what Dean had originally envisioned. The comment was uncalled for, in my opinion.
He did have a way of knowing. He could have talked to Dean about it or even Michelle. Do you know Dick didn't talk to Dean about the program? Unless you do, then your conclusions are just your opinion.
Between getting a new coach after the season starts and now scrapping her SP with a new one no judge will have seen before Nationals it's almost like Gracie is doing everything she can NOT to make it to Sochi. She just needs to work on her jumps right now to make it to the Olympics not spend time on yet another new program.
Interesting you would say this. I don't know as much about figure skating as I'd like, so forgive me if this is an obvious question. But I always figured if I were a competitive figure skater, I'd want my choreography to be new at Worlds or Olympics, not something everyone had seen all season. I'd train it of course long before that so it wasn't something I'd be in danger of flubbing) but I'd debut my new routines at Worlds or Olympics and then keep them until the following Worlds/Olympics (depending on the year). As long as you rehearsed the choreography by heart, what would be wrong with this?
I have found no evidence that Chris Dean ever disavowed Michelle's Bolero program, and I have looked. Dick Button didn't say he spoke with Dean so that is not evidence of anything but his opinion. To assume otherwise is speculation.
Getting back to Gracie: Does anyone even know what the new SP is? Inquiring minds want to know! Has Frank said anything?