- Joined
- Feb 9, 2014
I am on my interview trail and so behind catching up the competition videos and the conversations in GS.
Rika reminds me of Ando Miki. She is technically strong but musical interpretation is not as strong as her technique. She came prepared, skated deligently, and rewarded accordingly. In that sense, I think her sp stands out better than the LP does. Her LP was Carmen, but she was not Carmen. Her skating was precise and strong but characterless. It was the music that filled in the void and drove the program to look like Carmen. That's why I felt uncomfortable watching her skating at SC. Here, she skated much better technically and synced with music better. However, she needs to find a better way to connect to the music.
I see some comparison between So Youn and Yulia. In a large category, they are both very character driven skaters; So youn as a Juliet and Yulia as a girl in a red coat are telling compelling stories. I think the viewers are connected sentimentally to the skaters as well as convinced by their stories. However, they both are not technically perfect and struggling with consistency. Understandably they both are young and under enormous pressure from their home countries. Although they are not perfect, those two are the most exciting young skaters to me; who they are going to portray, what story they are going to tell us. Long story short, I like both of them.
Rika reminds me of Ando Miki. She is technically strong but musical interpretation is not as strong as her technique. She came prepared, skated deligently, and rewarded accordingly. In that sense, I think her sp stands out better than the LP does. Her LP was Carmen, but she was not Carmen. Her skating was precise and strong but characterless. It was the music that filled in the void and drove the program to look like Carmen. That's why I felt uncomfortable watching her skating at SC. Here, she skated much better technically and synced with music better. However, she needs to find a better way to connect to the music.
I see some comparison between So Youn and Yulia. In a large category, they are both very character driven skaters; So youn as a Juliet and Yulia as a girl in a red coat are telling compelling stories. I think the viewers are connected sentimentally to the skaters as well as convinced by their stories. However, they both are not technically perfect and struggling with consistency. Understandably they both are young and under enormous pressure from their home countries. Although they are not perfect, those two are the most exciting young skaters to me; who they are going to portray, what story they are going to tell us. Long story short, I like both of them.