Speaking of idols and making FS popular again
I remember watching a major competition, Olympics i think, on the youtube stream. It was dance, the early warmups. You know, 100-200 people watching, chat dead all this.
Then, there is suddenly 100500 people watching and talking in the chat. Guess what, it was Miu Suzaki & Ryuichi Kihara with their Yuri on Ice program. AFter their skate, most of those people left.
So, a thought here - don't beat me too hard. FS is really conservative in music choices. And, lets be honest, most people don't really care about classical music and operas. I kinda wish that there was more encouragement for the skaters to get out of the classical music + musicals sandbox, and get programs with more "popular" themes and music. By popular, I mean
1. using music from stuff that has major fandoms
2. actually doing something easy to identify (like, if doing a star wars program, dress up as a character, not just some generic barely inspired dress).
Medvedeva's Sailor Moon ex is a great example. I am pretty sure that most of the millions of people who watched it on youtube are not FS fans, but Sailor Moon fans.
But this sort of stuff seem to be not very welcome in competitive programs.
I know I will be bashed hard here, but i really think that this sort of programs would bring much more visibility (and not in a bad way) to figure skating.
I remember watching a major competition, Olympics i think, on the youtube stream. It was dance, the early warmups. You know, 100-200 people watching, chat dead all this.
Then, there is suddenly 100500 people watching and talking in the chat. Guess what, it was Miu Suzaki & Ryuichi Kihara with their Yuri on Ice program. AFter their skate, most of those people left.
So, a thought here - don't beat me too hard. FS is really conservative in music choices. And, lets be honest, most people don't really care about classical music and operas. I kinda wish that there was more encouragement for the skaters to get out of the classical music + musicals sandbox, and get programs with more "popular" themes and music. By popular, I mean
1. using music from stuff that has major fandoms
2. actually doing something easy to identify (like, if doing a star wars program, dress up as a character, not just some generic barely inspired dress).
Medvedeva's Sailor Moon ex is a great example. I am pretty sure that most of the millions of people who watched it on youtube are not FS fans, but Sailor Moon fans.
But this sort of stuff seem to be not very welcome in competitive programs.
I know I will be bashed hard here, but i really think that this sort of programs would bring much more visibility (and not in a bad way) to figure skating.