So, reading all the posts from the past few days… did I get that right, Sam has never done a competitive FS program single-handedly, as the sole choreographer (only exhibition numbers)?
Do you think Sam is doing Nathan’s program entirely on his own, not as a collaboration with someone knowledgeable in FS?
I mean it’s possible we’ve just not heard of any additional people, since this isn’t offical news, just Sam’s social media footage…
But if he is indeed the only one, I don’t understand how this is supposed to work?
Even if he studied up, I can’t imagine he’d have the experience and necessary insight to put together a routine where he explores and utilises steps and transitions in a skilful way, that goes beyond just putting it together „somehow“.
Being a dancer, obviously he can offer a lot in terms of cool looking arm and (especially) upper body moves, but connecting this to the blade work and skating movement (which is what I love so much about the way Shae-Lynn constructed the Nemesis choreo)… I just don’t see it with Sam?
Checking out some of his exhibition numbers seems to confirm that too, lots of poses and doing upper body choreo standing in place…
And regardless of whether Sam is his only choreographer for this program or not, if that practice clip is actual choreo from Nathan’s new program (and not just some general practice of dance moves)… well, it doesn’t look like he’s gonna do much skating during it, if any… so that’s 12 seconds „down the drain“ if you ask me, no matter how nice it may look…
I’m not saying that I won’t enjoy the finished product, but I don’t wanna see Nathan do actual hip hop or contemporary on the ice, where it's not incorporated in an organic way into the skating.
(I am super curious about the costume though, one that's gonna fit this style... intriguing :think
ETA: Also, here's hoping he won't cut his hair again, because "his haircut needs to match the edgy and straight-lined movements of the choreo"... :disapp: :noshake:
