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Many new photos of So Youn: http://sports.news.naver.com/photocenter/photo.nhn?albumId=44978&photoId=973203&category=general
She's tooooo lovely.
She's tooooo lovely.
So-Youn Park
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the girl needs to tell us her skincare and beauty secrets
she looks like she has no makeup on but she does
she looks like she has no makeup on but she does
Okay, I can speak Korean but I'm not good at reading it.
What I did understand was that So Youn wants to try something new this time. She said that she only skated to soft music like her Swan SP and Romeo and Juliet FS and wanted to try something more dynamic(? - not sure if this is the right word) for the upcoming season. Now 18, So Youn wants to try something like Yuna's Danse Macabre from the 2008-2009 season and wants to show better presentation like Yuna did in her Scheherazade FS. The writer also says that Yuna was coincidentally also 18 in the 2008-2009 season. So Youn also said that Young You was a really hard worker.
Everything else I kind of understand but I don't know how to translate it. Hopefully, a person better in Korean than I am can come by and translate it
I personally love her soft music programs, but like her, I think it's time for something different, something strong and tough like Yu-na's Danse Macabre to get into the judges' eyes and receive higher PCS scores. After she gets respect from the judges, it might be a great idea to use soft music like before. But right now, she needs to do something powerful IMO in order to grab the judges' attention and get out of that low 50s PCS zone and up into the higher 50s and maybe even low 60s.
Well, if Rika Hongo was able to do that in just one season, then so can So Youn. I hope she thinks carefully on her music choices.
Yeah. It's extremely possible if she just gets the right programs and stays more consistent.
Rika and So Youn were around the same level in PCS in the beginning of the season, but they diverged ways because Rika had a relatively more powerful, impactful program (Carmen) and was extremely consistent. So Youn just needs to do the same. And the extra bonus that So Youn has that Rika doesn't is that she has no problems with edges or URs. She just needs to land everything.
Anyway, this summer, I hope she works her butt off this summer on her new programs and works on the mental side of things (especially SP nerves).
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Sometimes if you remove the first little ( m. ) from the link it helps. I think that denotes a mobile site which not all Devices link to. Hopefully that helps.
Try This:
http://sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=47939
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I think SoYoun's definitely get the "edge" over Rika at the artistic side of figure skating as well. She only needs to be clean.
I think SoYoun's Rondo SP already is a attempt of different genres. to be honest, I love it very much. I think the choreo is great and SoYoun's performance is appropriate and authentic to the music. perhaps, just a little bit sharp and faster towards the end. but I am been very picky here. Her SA and Korean perform is good enough, and I am okay with her retiring this program. Her R&J program such a great program suited her, but no clean performance, it is a shame. but I personally against reuse same programs in consecutive years.
Yuna's lark also dont have clean version.
I hope she choose music carefully as well, something challenging and perhaps more engaging but not completely out of her comfort zone.
And hope she can have clean performances. I wish she could have PCS and recognition she deserves, but dont expect much PCS rise, if any, then it is extra.
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Yes and no. I agree So Youn can offer a very delicate soft skate that is among the best to ever do it but artists can be brash and raw also. So Youn has a natural abilility to blend into very soft music with the best of them. It's great to see of course but for me her Rondo was not very successful simply because she chose a music that required more than what she intended to do. Not that I don't think she is capable but I'm not sure that program was suited for her style of the moment.
A simpler way to say it is that So Youn delivered the heck out of R&J but the contrast in the music is very noticable. I'm not so sure if her skating was from a program to program comparison. YMMV.
Regardless...I hope if she chooses another fiery program she commits to it. I can understand the desire to branch off into new styles. It's just I'm not so sure it should come at the expense of trading off what comes natural.
Regardless of all of that nitpicking.... I'm as excited to see what she does about as much as anyone in the years to come. To me she is just very easy to watch. It's very understated. The risk in that is obviously what hurts her pcs the most. With her lack of emphatic in between stuff (which is fine) comes a microscope on the basic technical elements likes jumps and spins. Fair or not ... A fall can hurt her more than someone who attacks every aspect of skating a bit more aggressively.
Let's just hope for a clean SP and FS next season in the same event. I agree that like everyone else...this is crucial for her scores to rise where we'd like to see them.
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^ I DISAGREE with you. So Youn is not successful last season for BOTH her programs in a way (She did not improve her PCS for both SP and LP and did NOT generate enough buzz internationally as fans wished for and people both criticized that her Rando too soft, or her R&J too boring). meanwhile. both her programs generated positive attention and wowed some people not particularly her fans.
So Youn has better sense in musicality, dance(posture, co-ordinated and artistic movement etc.) than Rika (that is mostly what I meant the "edge"). also intention to perform to the demand of music. if it is within her tech ability.
I think her commitment to Rando like I said before is authentic to the music as well as her R&J. And Rando although is a fast pace music does not mean "rushing through music with sloppy movement...".
For me, I think she showed vast improvement in different aspects in both her sp and lp artistically last season during her senior debut. And this is generally a consensus among her true fans. Her rando is a program I revisit quite often among last season's programs.
Because the level of artistic improvement she showed in her last season's program and her artistic base. I have some level of confidence that perhaps she can challenge music similar to Dance Macabra or Scheherazade.
But mostly, I just hope she can give clean programs.
For me, artistic ability or improvement of a skater never means just change the music.
So Youn has better sense in musicality, dance(posture, co-ordinated and artistic movement etc.) than Rika (that is mostly what I meant the "edge"). also intention to perform to the demand of music. if it is within her tech ability.
I think her commitment to Rando like I said before is authentic to the music as well as her R&J. And Rando although is a fast pace music does not mean "rushing through music with sloppy movement...".
For me, I think she showed vast improvement in different aspects in both her sp and lp artistically last season during her senior debut. And this is generally a consensus among her true fans. Her rando is a program I revisit quite often among last season's programs.
Because the level of artistic improvement she showed in her last season's program and her artistic base. I have some level of confidence that perhaps she can challenge music similar to Dance Macabra or Scheherazade.
But mostly, I just hope she can give clean programs.
For me, artistic ability or improvement of a skater never means just change the music.
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We all have our own takes of course and preferences that accompany them but actually I thought artistically The Swan was her most captivating program to date, in spite of her technical issues with that program. The way she utilizes the relationship between the music and the speed of her feet especially. Something too about the way she uses her upper body movements to express the mood of the music conveys her very signature interpretation. In that program I find everything to be very deliberate and attacked well albeit from a very soft and delicate nature even in the performances she had the errors.
I'm curious though to see where people feel she grew artistically in this years SP. While it didn't really inspire me like her R&J did I am aware that maybe others feel differently and I'm prone to suggestion and would love to hear others takes on it. Besides...it's off season. What else have we to do.
I was hoping this summer to do a fan video of So Youn. Any musical suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've started by downloading videos and giving nicknames to all of her choreographic movements like Beautiful Arms 1, Subtle Change 3, etc.....and organizing those micro clips but for some reason the music is eluding me.
I'm curious though to see where people feel she grew artistically in this years SP. While it didn't really inspire me like her R&J did I am aware that maybe others feel differently and I'm prone to suggestion and would love to hear others takes on it. Besides...it's off season. What else have we to do.
I was hoping this summer to do a fan video of So Youn. Any musical suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've started by downloading videos and giving nicknames to all of her choreographic movements like Beautiful Arms 1, Subtle Change 3, etc.....and organizing those micro clips but for some reason the music is eluding me.
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my fav program of SoYoun's artistically perhaps is her "I dreamed a dream" ex, swan and Rach are all very very good to me as well. she delivered both perfectly.
Rando and R&J are different. but the areas that her team intend to challenge artistically is very clear and she also achieved those goals to some level this season, which is an improvement.
Of all her programs, the one I personally watched the most, perhaps is her R&J, but mainly because I loved that music edit so much.
When I switch between her programs. I can feel different variation of styles, and that is great to see for a budding skater.
As for the artistic improvement in her SP. if you see none, that is totally fine. you dont need to seek agreement from others.
if you really pay attention to her performance and the comments people made throughout this season. you should already know.
And even if it is off season. I am actually quite busy and got a handful. So I will not engage in futile debate and certainly dont wanna get into a round of bash of SoYoun from haters in all shades
. I have clearly stated my take of her SP here and there on this board or elsewhere throughout this season.
That's all from me.
EDIT：just find out that you want to make some fan edit for SoYoun. I certainly would love to watch it. Any fanart of figure skating is highly appreciated by me, you art is your unique art. just take your time and don't feel the urge to prove that you appreciate SoYoun.
Rando and R&J are different. but the areas that her team intend to challenge artistically is very clear and she also achieved those goals to some level this season, which is an improvement.
Of all her programs, the one I personally watched the most, perhaps is her R&J, but mainly because I loved that music edit so much.
When I switch between her programs. I can feel different variation of styles, and that is great to see for a budding skater.
As for the artistic improvement in her SP. if you see none, that is totally fine. you dont need to seek agreement from others.
if you really pay attention to her performance and the comments people made throughout this season. you should already know.
And even if it is off season. I am actually quite busy and got a handful. So I will not engage in futile debate and certainly dont wanna get into a round of bash of SoYoun from haters in all shades
. I have clearly stated my take of her SP here and there on this board or elsewhere throughout this season.That's all from me.
EDIT：just find out that you want to make some fan edit for SoYoun. I certainly would love to watch it. Any fanart of figure skating is highly appreciated by me, you art is your unique art. just take your time and don't feel the urge to prove that you appreciate SoYoun.
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Agreed with all of your points here. R&J suited SYs style naturally, but Rondo was a stretch for her. She skated too slowly through a lot of he music and the style was more appropriate for the Swan than Rondo. She lacked ferocity and attack that the music required, especially during the more frenetic parts of the program.
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You're right. I like it when skaters skate to Rondo powerfully but So Youn gave me kind of the elegant impression, which is not bad but it just doesn't fit Rondo. Maybe that's why R&J was better for her.
So David Wilson will probably be her choreographer again right? I just hope that with So Youn trying a new style of music David Wilson can choreograph an even better program for her. I wonder what would've happened if KSU cared a lot about their figure skaters (like use some money for them) and So Youn's choreographer became Lori Nichol instead. Would Lori make excellent programs for her like she did for Mao Asada, Carolina Kostner or Zijun Li? It saddens me that like we discussed earlier on this thread, KSU expects their figure skaters to be just like Yuna Kim when they don't even give the skaters good training environments.
Or maybe Shae-Lynn Bourne may be a good choice too. After all, if she was invited to ATS, then she probably is on good terms with Yuna.
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