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- Jun 21, 2003
Because crumby choreography is subjective statement. 'Great choreography' is subjective statement. Hiting Compositions bullet points is (or can be) objective statement, as a product of Composition being defined through those bullet points.
I think that the vision of the IJS is to quantify those aspects of skating that can be objectively quantified and to provide guidance for judging those aspects that require subjective assessment.
There is a subjective element to the question, "Did the skater hit the bullet point for Purpose (idea ,concept, vision, mood), or the bullet point for Phrase and Form (movement and parts of the program to match the musical phrasing)." Furthermore, it is not a yes or no question. One skater will do a better or worse job than another of "matching the musical phrasing," in the view of a particular judge.
How do we know that this is true, that judges are making subjective evaluations? We know this because one judge gives 8.0 for composition while for the exact same performance of the exact same program, another equally well-qualified judge gives 8.75.
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