Totally agree but I hope she at least changes the dress, I don´t have any problem with it but all people were very clear that apparently it is horrible and it would be terrible to lose points because something so fool and easy to correct even with a simpler and cheaper dress.
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Totally agree but I hope she at least changes the dress, I don´t have any problem with it but all people were very clear that apparently it is horrible and it would be terrible to lose points because something so fool and easy to correct even with a simpler and cheaper dress.
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Short Dance this Evening
Polina has returned to this place where she had been before, but as though for the first time, for all that has occurred since then. The expanse of ice might be a pond frozen over, the seating only the forest glade in which it is set, and there are no spectators, so that their conversation is but the murmur of birds. Here, in this place of peace, she will skate beneath the soft light of the moon to the lively, well-remembered music of the Andalusian folk. Her baile will be true to it, her carriage proud, her arms long and expressive, as a ballet dancer’s, and her feet, with their shining blades, will mark out the complex rhythms of the songs. Only with the last beat will the spell be broken, the applause of the audience thundering down upon the ice. And this, too, is only as it ought to be, when she dances once again in this place, but as though for the first time.
Polina has returned to this place where she had been before, but as though for the first time, for all that has occurred since then. The expanse of ice might be a pond frozen over, the seating only the forest glade in which it is set, and there are no spectators, so that their conversation is but the murmur of birds. Here, in this place of peace, she will skate beneath the soft light of the moon to the lively, well-remembered music of the Andalusian folk. Her baile will be true to it, her carriage proud, her arms long and expressive, as a ballet dancer’s, and her feet, with their shining blades, will mark out the complex rhythms of the songs. Only with the last beat will the spell be broken, the applause of the audience thundering down upon the ice. And this, too, is only as it ought to be, when she dances once again in this place, but as though for the first time.
Congratulations Polina for the beautiful and clean short program!!! You just keep on improving. So proud of you! 
Praying and hoping for a clean long program for you, Gracie and Ashley so the US Ladies will have a chance to claim 3 spots for next year's World Championships in Boston, USA.
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Free Skate Upon Another
Polina wanted her long program to be balletic and lyrical and true to her own style. In this “Fairy Dance” of hers, she has all of that, something pretty and gentle and set to glistening music. Her dance is that of a woodland fairy, reveling in a growing love for all that is lovely. The dress she wears suggests the flowers among which her kind nestle, its color deepening towards the bell of a skirt with its variegated edge. Beneath the trees, she leaps and twirls, an ethereal being who weaves within this hidden glade a light which finds its source elsewhere. With gesture and step, she shapes and modulates it, as though it was something tangible. She is alone but not lonely, not while she has the light or this music she dances to. In the brief period between sleep and wakefulness, she turns to the dawn without fear, for here she finds the greater light which has always been her own. One dance will give rise to another, as she lives, but always as an expression of the light and always to be shared, as this one will be this evening.
Polina wanted her long program to be balletic and lyrical and true to her own style. In this “Fairy Dance” of hers, she has all of that, something pretty and gentle and set to glistening music. Her dance is that of a woodland fairy, reveling in a growing love for all that is lovely. The dress she wears suggests the flowers among which her kind nestle, its color deepening towards the bell of a skirt with its variegated edge. Beneath the trees, she leaps and twirls, an ethereal being who weaves within this hidden glade a light which finds its source elsewhere. With gesture and step, she shapes and modulates it, as though it was something tangible. She is alone but not lonely, not while she has the light or this music she dances to. In the brief period between sleep and wakefulness, she turns to the dawn without fear, for here she finds the greater light which has always been her own. One dance will give rise to another, as she lives, but always as an expression of the light and always to be shared, as this one will be this evening.
I was really puzzled too. It's really frustrating to see how the judges keep underscoring her especially when she skates clean in comparison to others who didn't have a clean skate.
Her SP the other night was much better than her performance at the US International FS Classic last fall where she received her personal best score of 63.27. So I thought she would score higher than that. I don't know why she's getting lower PCS scores this year than last years when she's shown so much improvement.
I just hope and pray that she'll just keep on skating clean SP and Long programs like what Elena And Liza have done this season, then maybe the judges will finally give her the scores she deserves.
She's still so young and I'm looking forward to see how much improved she'll be by the 2018 Olympics. So much potential in her.
I could see her and Karen Chen being the top 2 US Ladies in the next couple of years.
GO POLINA!!! I hope and pray that you'll have a good and inspired clean skate tonight and finally get the scores you deserve.
Tonight will be interesting since I think for the first time in an international competition, Polina will be skating after Gracie and Ashley are done skating. I hope Polina, Gracie and Ashley fight harder tonight and move up enough to keep the 3 spots for next year's Worlds.
Her SP the other night was much better than her performance at the US International FS Classic last fall where she received her personal best score of 63.27. So I thought she would score higher than that. I don't know why she's getting lower PCS scores this year than last years when she's shown so much improvement.
I just hope and pray that she'll just keep on skating clean SP and Long programs like what Elena And Liza have done this season, then maybe the judges will finally give her the scores she deserves.
She's still so young and I'm looking forward to see how much improved she'll be by the 2018 Olympics. So much potential in her.
I could see her and Karen Chen being the top 2 US Ladies in the next couple of years. GO POLINA!!!
I hope and pray that you'll have a good and inspired clean skate tonight and finally get the scores you deserve. Tonight will be interesting since I think for the first time in an international competition, Polina will be skating after Gracie and Ashley are done skating. I hope Polina, Gracie and Ashley fight harder tonight and move up enough to keep the 3 spots for next year's Worlds.
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I am re-posting part of my report in Max Aaron thread that pertains to Polina here.
Go Devil Horns Polina!
Go Devil Horns Polina!
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A Birthday
If it was not the best of seasons for Polina, neither was it the worst. If there was disappointment, there was also hope shining ever more brightly for her travails. She had emerged into her young womanhood with nothing lost but her artistry all the more refined. The strength of will and courage remained, also an emotional transparency which is true to herself. There is no mask or artifice, but only a desire to give expression to that which is good and lovely. To this end, her technique has grown so harmoniously with her soul that one has become the revelation of the other.
May this process continue, then, may this day be one of joy for herself and those whom she loves, and may the coming years be ever more brightly illumined as this promise is fulfilled.
If it was not the best of seasons for Polina, neither was it the worst. If there was disappointment, there was also hope shining ever more brightly for her travails. She had emerged into her young womanhood with nothing lost but her artistry all the more refined. The strength of will and courage remained, also an emotional transparency which is true to herself. There is no mask or artifice, but only a desire to give expression to that which is good and lovely. To this end, her technique has grown so harmoniously with her soul that one has become the revelation of the other.
May this process continue, then, may this day be one of joy for herself and those whom she loves, and may the coming years be ever more brightly illumined as this promise is fulfilled.
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Happy birthday to Polina, and best wishes for the next season.
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Guys, I just finished updating Polina's OP
This was perhaps the most interesting thing I found!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TMpeUYyos
2010 vid of a very young Polina from the Broadmoor open
This was perhaps the most interesting thing I found!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TMpeUYyos
2010 vid of a very young Polina from the Broadmoor open
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Thx Doris.
That program really shows us her Russian roots. Love that Waltz :yes: What an interesting final position on the Beillman too.
That program really shows us her Russian roots. Love that Waltz :yes: What an interesting final position on the Beillman too.
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I removed the commentary track and encoded this at high quality (for YouTube standards, anyway):
2015 U.S. Nationals - Polina Edmunds SP (up to 1080p HD)
2015 U.S. Nationals - Polina Edmunds SP (up to 1080p HD)
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https://youtu.be/y6IGFGIDvnk
sabinfire has just made available a great HD version of Polina's SP at 2015 US Nationals. I have added it to the OP.
sabinfire has just made available a great HD version of Polina's SP at 2015 US Nationals. I have added it to the OP.
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Thanks!! I've been trying to find this program for some time now! This is precious!
I really love how Maria Klimova has helped develop her through the years. It's Russian romanticism fused with American preciseness. And I agree with Sam-Skwantch - she definitely skates very "Russian" in this program - more so than she does now, I'd say. Lovely musicality and balletic arms, as always.
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GS Forum Staff is now the OP owner of this thread, due to the fact that the original OP owner was banned. You will need to update any bookmarks you have for this fan fest.
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We really need to keep better tabs on her. Apparently she threw out the first pitch at anOakland A's game!!
http://m.mlb.com/video/v284727183/toroak-us-olympian-polina-edmunds-first-pitch
And she made it to the plate all the way from the mound!!!!
And apparently she released a new rap video too:yay:
https://youtu.be/iAYq5b9O1Ds
http://m.mlb.com/video/v284727183/toroak-us-olympian-polina-edmunds-first-pitch
And she made it to the plate all the way from the mound!!!!
And apparently she released a new rap video too:yay:
https://youtu.be/iAYq5b9O1Ds
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Polina’s new programs!
SP: "Moonlight Sonata"
LP: 'Gone with the Wind'
Choreographer: Rudy Galindo
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2015/07/28/139238632
Her Scarlett O'Hara will be exciting to see!
Can’t wait! How will be the arrangement of music and costume?
SP: "Moonlight Sonata"
LP: 'Gone with the Wind'
Choreographer: Rudy Galindo
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2015/07/28/139238632
Her Scarlett O'Hara will be exciting to see!
Can’t wait! How will be the arrangement of music and costume?
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Polina’s new programs!
SP: "Moonlight Sonata"
LP: 'Gone with the Wind'
Choreographer: Rudy Galindo
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2015/07/28/139238632
Her Scarlett O'Hara will be exciting to see!
Oh dear Lord WHY? There is nothing REMOTELY in her skating personality that indicates she could be a creditable Scarlet O'Hara. NOTHING. I hope I am proved wrong, but this is one of the WORST mismatches between a skater and her music that I can remember. And I am a HUGE fan of her skating. Good Lord, WHY??????
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