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- Dec 16, 2006
Is it necessary for a female skater to be a diva for a dance team to be successful? How many divas are there? Also, are there any teams where the female is not a diva that have been successful? And--are there teams out there that should drop the diva act, and just skate?
For me, I don't think it is necessary for a female to be a diva for the team to be successful. In fact, I don't really see Tessa Virtue as much of a diva. I find myself watching Scott more. The same with Cappelini. I don't see diva in her, but, they haven't had as much success as V/M. Jayne Torvill also never seemed diva-ish to me, and there are some other teams where both male and female take their turn in the spotlight, thereby not needing a diva (Punsalan/Swallow, Davis/White) However, there were multitudes of teams where the female was clearly a diva (Usova/Zhulin, Bestemianova/Bukin, Belbin/Agosto, Navka/Kostamarov, Fusar-Poli/Margaglio, Grischuk/Platov, Khoklova/any partner).
And, for me, I really really think Kaitlyn Weaver should drop trying to be a diva and just skate. Something about her doesn't scream diva to me. Like her coach, Shae Lynn, she is better off just skating. In fact, I thought when Shae Lynn attempted to diva it up, her team suffered.
Very off-topic, but there is one team in the world to me, where the male was the diva, and she was most often supporting (Lang/Tchernyshev).
For me, I don't think it is necessary for a female to be a diva for the team to be successful. In fact, I don't really see Tessa Virtue as much of a diva. I find myself watching Scott more. The same with Cappelini. I don't see diva in her, but, they haven't had as much success as V/M. Jayne Torvill also never seemed diva-ish to me, and there are some other teams where both male and female take their turn in the spotlight, thereby not needing a diva (Punsalan/Swallow, Davis/White) However, there were multitudes of teams where the female was clearly a diva (Usova/Zhulin, Bestemianova/Bukin, Belbin/Agosto, Navka/Kostamarov, Fusar-Poli/Margaglio, Grischuk/Platov, Khoklova/any partner).
And, for me, I really really think Kaitlyn Weaver should drop trying to be a diva and just skate. Something about her doesn't scream diva to me. Like her coach, Shae Lynn, she is better off just skating. In fact, I thought when Shae Lynn attempted to diva it up, her team suffered.
Very off-topic, but there is one team in the world to me, where the male was the diva, and she was most often supporting (Lang/Tchernyshev).