3 minutes ago, mcq said:

About flamenco, I think the actual paso doble/flamenco posture is not really suitable to be applied in FS where you feel that your hip is very lifted and high (man I am bad at explaining this, so I hope you get what I meant, basically the line from torso down not torso up/upper body), so maybe that is why many feel that something is missing (as in the skater only adopt the character from torso up + hand movement). Another one is paso doble movement is kind of in a staccato count quite many of the times, so for something that is supposed to be fluid and flowing like FS, it could take away a bit of the character unless you choreograph it smartly. 

 

But I actually like mura's attempt at flamenco :3

 

I think I got what you meant, and I do agree, that's part of it. 

3 minutes ago, Gio said:

 

I think I got what you meant, and I do agree, that's part of it. 

Haha yeah :)  I don't know about you but at least that is what the pet peeves was for me. 

 

As for tango, since there are many types of tango, I would say I haven't seen a good interpretation of the standard ballroom/american standard one, and the argentine version are more difficult to translate into FS imo. Though I can't speak for the other type of tangos because there are like 234887687 version of it

23 minutes ago, mcq said:

Haha yeah :)  I don't know about you but at least that is what the pet peeves was for me. 

 

As for tango, since there are many types of tango, I would say I haven't seen a good interpretation of the standard ballroom/american standard one, and the argentine version are more difficult to translate into FS imo. Though I can't speak for the other type of tangos because there are like 234887687 version of it

 

Yep, it just doesn't feel really balanced to me, like there's too much of a difference between upper body movement and lower body. It's probably a kind of music that isn't easy to adapt to figure skating, as you said, a program requires a certain flow that would probably be difficult to obtain if they sticked to the music more. 

 

As for tango(s), I liked some, did not like others. But it's usually a kind of music that I don't like to see for programs in most cases xD

wakaba has said that for next season she'll go with programs that highlight her strength more, which is her speed

1 hour ago, swanbeau said:

wakaba has said that for next season she'll go with programs that highlight her strength more, which is her speed

The first time I watched her performance was at 2015's JWC. She was literally flying on the iceso impressive. 

Keiji's interview w/ sports yahoo. https://sports.yahoo.co.jp/column/detail/201705150006-spnavi?p=2 

 

He mentioned the Olympics, his future in the sport, + a few things about Yuzu/Hino and the relationship between the 3 of them.

 

 

4 hours ago, ShiroKJ said:

Keiji's interview w/ sports yahoo. https://sports.yahoo.co.jp/column/detail/201705150006-spnavi?p=2 

 

He mentioned the Olympics, his future in the sport, + a few things about Yuzu/Hino and the relationship between the 3 of them.

 

 

 

Translation of the interview.

 

 

thanks for the link! the interview looks pretty interesting :) 

 

 

    I wonder if it's an actual program? or maybe just an exhibition..? 

If I remember well, Stephane helped polish up Shoma's FSprogram so maybe that again plus an EX? 

Yeah, I think I recall somewhere Shoma mentioned he wanted his coach to choreo his competition programs... So if Lambiel is helping Shoma with his competition programs, it's probably to polish them...

looks like wakaba will be including 3A in her free skate! http://www.goldenskate.com/2017/05/wakaba-higuchi-2/

16 minutes ago, swanbeau said:

looks like wakaba will be including 3A in her free skate! http://www.goldenskate.com/2017/05/wakaba-higuchi-2/

 

Mm, I would have liked it if she tried it in SP too, I guess it isn't that consistent yet. I hope they won't go for programs that highlight her speed only. That would be a step back imo. 

11 minutes ago, Gio said:

 

Mm, I would have liked it if she tried it in SP too, I guess it isn't that consistent yet. I hope they won't go for programs that highlight her speed only. That would be a step back imo. 

yeah i thought she will also put it in the SP, but apparantly she's only been training it seriously since last year so i guess it's still not that stable. even when she focused on the emotional/choreo part this season she's still fast... maybe they just wanna use it to grab the judges attention? i just hope they will strategize carefully and smartly because i still havent trust her team that much

3 hours ago, swanbeau said:

yeah i thought she will also put it in the SP, but apparantly she's only been training it seriously since last year so i guess it's still not that stable. even when she focused on the emotional/choreo part this season she's still fast... maybe they just wanna use it to grab the judges attention? i just hope they will strategize carefully and smartly because i still havent trust her team that much

 

Her team doesn't seem to know what to do with all her talent. Her layouts are usually a suicide...so I hope "want to highlight speed" won't mean empty programs tbh. Imo her programs this year were good enough, they showed her growth a lot.