whitebamboo wrote:The haters who say this are simply inventing things out of their own heads. Evgeni has always cared a great deal about art in figure skating (I refuse to use the phrase "artistic skating"). Recently, when he was praising Hanyu, he especially talked about how he felt the younger skater did not merely mechanically perform the choreographed motions, but made it look like it was coming out of himself. And this is only one example out of many. And about his own programs, Evgeni usually did not say too much about them from an artistic point of view, but when he did, I was always very impressed by the sharpness and depth of his brief words.
I guess some people just don't have basic reading comprehension.
- Believing the quad is important and should be worth more =/= saying
only the quad matters.
- For all the talk of Zhenya "policing gender norms" or whatnot after the Vancouver results: 1) He went up to (quadless, and flexible-as-a-female-skater) Jason Brown to say how much he loved his skating 2) he adores Yuzuru Hanyu, while many... other people... are making fun of Hanyu for looking/dressing girly.
I refuse to use the phrase "artistic skating" as well. Artist vs. technician is a false dichotomy. The best skaters are both. Doesn't give either side enough credit. Doesn't do any good for the so-called technicians (e.g. Plush), or the artists either (e.g. Lambiel, who people forget was a good jumper in his own right).
The documentary: When asked about the future of Japanese figure skating, Zhenya said it was Yuzuru's time. However, his favourite is Mao Asada--she takes risks with the 3A.
Hopefully the whole thing will surface soon. I admit I was really excited to see him on ice and doing twizzles (?), even though I know he really should be resting.