How Bobrova/Soloviev lost PCS to Shibs should be questioned from ISU. :disapp:
After watching the performances I want to mention:
Masquerade waltz and Ravensburger pattern don't go well with each other. The lightness of the Ravensburger is the problem. So I didn't like B/S SD (I have seen it before and that didn't struck me like it did today.) So I think with a different pattern this could be a very good program.
W/P have a beautiful classical SD, very enjoyable. The twizzles were a bit boring, but everything else was very very good.
I didn't get the program from the Shibs - is she supposed to portray a pretty doll? I liked the twizzles though and the quality of the elements and the overal skating.
Dr. Coppélius, toy-maker, inventor, and magician, exhibits his masterwork, a life-sized doll whom he thinks of as a daughter. Frantz, a bumpkin, loves Swanilda, who is piqued by his flirtation with the pretty doll. With other louts, Frantz roughs up Coppélius. In their horseplay the key to his studio is lost, which Swanilda later discovers, enabling her and her friends to invade its secrets.
ACT TWO
Coppélius expels Swanilda’s companions while she hides herself. Frantz, following love and curiosity, climbs in a window. He is soon drugged by Coppélius’ potion. The magician imagines he may animate his doll by drawing energy from the sleeping youth. Swanilda, now dressed in Coppélias’s clothes, dances a Scottish reel and Spanish fandango. Coppélius, at fist in ecstasy over this apparent triumph, is plunged into despair when he uncovers her heartless imposture.
Not sure if anyone remembers Wing and Lowes Original Dance to Coppelia, but it really showcased Wing as the Doll. Link below and enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ija8NiPPJIQ
... BTW, I believe Max Aaron's sister and her pairs partner (sorry I forget his name) did their SP to Coppelia last season.
Thanks! I know the story "The Sandman" by ETA Hoffmann, I didn't know that there was a ballet as well. I find the program more appealing with this background info.The Shibs' program is to a well-known ballet. It contains both a life size doll and a girl impersonating a doll.
I am surprised anyone is puzzled about this.
Coppelia
http://www.bostonballet.org/tickets/coppelia-synopsis.html
W/P's program just beautiful.
W/P's program just beautiful. Way better than C/B. I was pleasantly surprised at how the Shibs have ramped up their skating and are no longer precise yet forgettable. They killed their twizzles and their expression was light and playful. B/S have amazing skating skills and those edges - but all the Russians have amazing deep edges.
Not sure if anyone remembers Wing and Lowes Original Dance to Coppelia, but it really showcased Wing as the Doll. Link below and enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ija8NiPPJIQ