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Post by kyrie on Jan 19, 2007 21:10:58 GMT 1
I've been wondering - when a skater (or dancer) get a choreography, does s/he have any say in that? Does that depend on choreographer and the way s/he works? And which happens in your opinion or experience more? I'm guessing the person doing the choreography does have a final say, but I really want your opinions.
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Post by rollersk8r on Jan 24, 2007 19:47:12 GMT 1
In my personal experience, I choose the music, if nothing come to my mind, my trainer does. Then she make the choreography and if I don't like something I just tell her that I don't like x part of the choreo. I love my trainer, she's the best!
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Post by 6marinka on Aug 15, 2007 19:52:40 GMT 1
I think good skaters with a feel for music have always something to say to the choreography. That is the thing which divides them from the others and how you can recognize them - they create their own style. Think back for example on Stannick Jeannette, Philippe Candeloro, Michelle Kwan or Elvis Stojko. All of them were so different, but you could recognize each of them without seeing their faces when they were skating. So probably yes, the skaters do get a choreography from someone, but I think the best skaters (like M&G, D&Ss, Joubert, Lambiel and some others) do adapt it to their style, or mostly work with the choreographer on the programme together. It´s different from the juniors, or young skaters who have to mature in presentation, so I guess here, it´s their coaches and choreographers who create their programmes totally. I think it´s important that a skater feels comfortable in a programme artistically as well as technically (with suitable placement of each element not to get tired), that´s why he/she should work on the choreography as well. The best example of the negative side of it was Brian´s "Lord of the Dance" in 2006. It could have been a masterpiece, but it wasn´t well proportioned, to say it right. Brian said himself that he didn´t feel comfortable with it because he got tired too soon. Áfter it, he went to Canada to Kurt Browning and started to create a programme WITH him. And what happened? Everything was perfect I know, quite long...
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