Is art best experienced in a competitive context?
Let's grant that it can be. And let's imagine a group of skaters and skating aficionados, among whom we can nominate ourselves, would like to organize a circuit of art-oriented skating contests.
Should it start at the elite level and maybe work its way down to lower levels? Or start at grass roots level and aim to build momentum until high-level international competition is appropriate? Start with multiple age or skill levels or start with one open group and subdivide later if necessary?
What should be the requirements to enter such a competition?
What disciplines should it include? Is it appropriate to have separate events for male and female solo skaters? What kind of multi-skater events should be offered?
Let's say we focus on top-level elite artistic competition, whether that's the starting point or an end point for the project.
What kinds of rules and requirements would be appropriate? How should it be judged? Under what criteria? What kind of training and expertise should the judges bring to the process?
Should this be a completely separate project from ISU skating (which may or may not cause them to declare skaters who participate ineligible for Olympic-track competition)?
Or should it be designed as an artistic branch of the ISU?
Give your imagination free rein!
Let's grant that it can be. And let's imagine a group of skaters and skating aficionados, among whom we can nominate ourselves, would like to organize a circuit of art-oriented skating contests.
Should it start at the elite level and maybe work its way down to lower levels? Or start at grass roots level and aim to build momentum until high-level international competition is appropriate? Start with multiple age or skill levels or start with one open group and subdivide later if necessary?
What should be the requirements to enter such a competition?
What disciplines should it include? Is it appropriate to have separate events for male and female solo skaters? What kind of multi-skater events should be offered?
Let's say we focus on top-level elite artistic competition, whether that's the starting point or an end point for the project.
What kinds of rules and requirements would be appropriate? How should it be judged? Under what criteria? What kind of training and expertise should the judges bring to the process?
Should this be a completely separate project from ISU skating (which may or may not cause them to declare skaters who participate ineligible for Olympic-track competition)?
Or should it be designed as an artistic branch of the ISU?
Give your imagination free rein!