So far, the first score to surpass Su Zhe in the short program has appeared!
The audience gasped in amazement, but looking back at Yuto Tsugawa's entire performance, he and Su Zhe brought the audience the same strong sense of beauty on the ice. And because of the difference in musical styles, the passionate and just-performed "Fire" naturally left a deeper impression than the gentle and warm "Breeze".
These are two completely different aesthetics, but they deserve equally enthusiastic applause and encouragement.
Su Zhe in the audience also gave a sincere applause to Yuto Tsukawa. This short program performance, whether in terms of physical strength, coordination or artistry, reached a sufficient level and was truly worthy of praise.
"Today's short program was newly arranged by Yuto Tsukawa during the off-season. The arrangement of this program should be mainly for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in a few months. Today is its premiere, and the current version should not be its final arrangement." Cui Yi took advantage of the break between games to explain the content of this short program to Su Zhe and Chen En.
"Yuto Tsukawa and the Yuto brothers started practicing figure skating at a young age. In addition to basic ballet classes, the two brothers also chose their favorite dance styles to learn. Yuto Tsukawa is also a master of breaking in his spare time, which is one of the reasons why he can maximize his charm and artistic expression under the passionate and unrestrained music style."
“Although many street dance moves cannot be performed on ice, he still used a lot of related elements in the choreography of today’s song “Fire”, which is also one of his usual personal characteristics.”
After a pause, Cui Yi added: "Yuto Tsukawa has been learning modern dance since he was a child. His expression is more abstract and relatively restrained. His artistic expression on ice is also very outstanding and has distinct personal characteristics."
Chen En knows a lot about these things. After all, he has been learning figure skating since he was a child. Learning and studying the world's top players is a lesson that every athlete must not miss.
Most of what Cui Yi said was to explain to Su Zhe. After all, Su Zhe currently does not have sufficient understanding of many information about figure skating.
As Cui Yi introduced the players, the second-to-last player Igor also came on the court for the final warm-up.
After this beautiful Russian boy, known as the Prince of Ice, came on stage, there was another commotion at the venue. After all, the blond boy wearing a noble silk shirt was indeed elegant and charming.
After Igor came on stage, Cui Yi did not forget to continue explaining to Su Zhe: "Russia has always had talented women's singles players, and there have also been dominant players in the men's singles. However, in recent years, the most famous Russian men's singles player is still Igor."
"He is called the 'Prince on Ice' not only because of his outstanding appearance, but also because of his choice of music in program choreography and his personal performance style. In terms of age, he started learning figure skating the latest among the world's top skaters. Before the age of 12, he had been concentrating on learning ballet, where he also has an outstanding talent. He once aimed to be admitted to the Russian Royal Ballet."
"Even after he started learning figure skating, he never neglected his ballet studies. From a ballet perspective, he is considered to be highly professional by the industry. This also determines his style when performing on ice, which is delicate, flexible, elegant and powerful."
While listening to Cui Yi's explanation, Su Zhe watched Igor's warm-up movements on the ice. Indeed, even if he was just skating on the ice with his floating leg raised like a swallow, one could feel his inner insistence on an elegant posture from the details of his movements, such as stroking his chest with one hand, raising his left hand back and tilting his head slightly.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, many passers-by who like beauty were screaming on the barrage screen.
[Ahhh, this skater is so handsome! Why am I only starting to watch figure skating now? I regret it...! ]
【_(:з」∠)_ Whether it's Su Zhe, the cute Japanese player just now, or this blond-haired Russian boy now... Woohoo, I feel like I'm going to be hammered to death in this pit of figure skating. This is really a paradise for those who love beauty! 】
[Wow, this Russian handsome boy is as good-looking as Su Zhe, different styles but same beauty... Can't help but suddenly want to have a look? ]
After the short final warm-up, Igor returned to the center of the ice and stood in a T-step, with his left hand behind his back and his right hand extended to the side, making a reserved and elegant invitation gesture. At the same time, his head was slightly raised to the side, revealing a hint of pride.
In the live commentary room, Lin Ya was also giving a brief introduction to Igor's performance.
"Now on stage is the famous Russian male singles player Igor. The piece he chose for today's short program is the excerpt "Dinner Dance" from the ballet "Sapphire Night"."
"Sapphire Night" tells a brilliant and everlasting love story between a prince and a princess, and is also a classic chapter in ballet.
The arrogant prince and the equally proud and noble princess met because of a sapphire, but even though they developed a vague affection for each other, the hostility between their countries prevented this romance from happening.
When the two arrive at a dinner party in a third country at the same time, this night is the only opportunity for a wonderful love to intersect.
The section of "Dinner Dance" is divided into three different stages, namely the inner struggle of the prince and princess, the test between them, the dance, the emotional outburst, and the reluctance after the dance.
The excerpt that Igor chose to perform was naturally the part of the prince's solo dance. In this part, the proud prince saw the princess who made his heart beat, but his pride and the hostile stance between the two made him waver. On such a night when nobles from all over the world gathered, should he invite the beautiful girl to dance with him and leave unforgettable memories? Or should he completely forget her and no longer dream of embracing her?
As the music of strings and piano sounded, Igor stretched out his hand in an inviting manner, but quickly withdrew it. Then, he took a step in place and slid back, beginning to perform this dance step with inner struggle.
Every body movement of the proud prince is reserved and graceful. Whether it is the complicated footwork or the fierce leaps and turns, they all interpret his inner struggle.
The proud reserve and the fiery spark of love in the heart are struggling and colliding with each other. Such emotions are beautiful and bitter.
Seeing his beloved girl, she was beautiful and charming, and countless young nobles were lining up to invite her to dance. Until she subtly glanced at him, the implicit expectation and the spark of love in their eyes finally lit up the prince's final determination.
Igor finally opened his arms on the ice and slid on one foot towards his beloved goal.
Although the prince was still proud and reserved at this time, the firmness in his eyes already explained his determination at the moment.
When the music finally ended, everyone saw that the elegant prince on the ice was extending a sincere invitation to the only dance partner in his mind with the most elegant posture.
After Igor's performance, he received a lot of applause from the audience, which also showed that the audience recognized Igor's performance.
In the live broadcast room, Lin Yaye was also giving the final comments on Igor's performance: "Igor is worthy of the title of Prince of Ice Ballet. He is also the current male figure skater who interprets figure skating as 'ice ballet' most devoutly. This ice performance of 'Dinner Dance' is of his usual standard, elegant, noble and charming, but it must be said that Igor and the Jinchuan brothers are also very clear in the limitations of their personal styles. Even though his performance is a brand new arrangement, from the perspective of the audience, such a performance has become increasingly difficult to arouse the audience's 'astonishing' emotions. This may be a problem that Igor needs to solve urgently in the program arrangement in the future."
Just as Lin Ya said, the ice fans at the scene or in front of the screen had the same feeling about Igor's performance.
Although there are tens of thousands of classic ballet repertoires, it is difficult for the image of the prince in ballet to escape from certain fixed categories. In his past programs, Igor has already interpreted the noble, elegant or arrogant prince to the extreme. Next, if he cannot break through himself, it will be difficult for the audience or the judges to be amazed by his newly choreographed program.
"Each program is arranged to the extreme in the direction of its own expertise, but too much homogeneous interpretation will cause aesthetic fatigue. However, each program is arranged to pursue freshness and difference, which may cause contestants to encounter Waterloo in areas they are not good at, or after the audience is amazed every time, there will be greater pressure in the arrangement of new programs in the future."
Cui Yi smiled and said to Su Zhe and Chen En: "Two different paths have their own flaws, but for the Jinchuan brothers and Igor, their fatal problem is that it is difficult to guarantee whether they can maintain their current high level of artistry after changing to a different style."
Cui Yi then added: "They are currently looking for new choreographers and coaches, but at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, they should continue to refine their programs in their current style to ensure their performance at the Winter Olympics."
After Cui Yi introduced the situation of Igor and the Jinchuan brothers, Igor's score was also revealed on the spot - Igor, with a total score of 83.77 points in the short program, is currently ranked second.
At the same time, Su Zhe's short program results temporarily fell to third place.
Looking at Igor's score, Su Zhe also thought of Cui Yi's evaluation just now. If Yuto Tsukawa has a wider range of choices in the same style of music, then the problem of Igor's personal style homogeneity is even more serious. From the current judges' scores, we can also see the subtle score gap between the two.
After Igor's performance ended, finally, Amami Tsubasa, currently ranked first in the world, officially came to the ice to prepare for his short program warm-up.
The author has something to say: _(:з」∠)_ Ahem, it shouldn’t be too late now?
This is the first update for today. The next short episode should be almost finished (sadly, why is it so daunting to write about figure skating competitions QvQ)
However, Cai Cai has something to do tonight, and will be home very late, so the update will probably be after midnight, but it will still be counted as the second update for today. Of course, I will finish writing all the 6k words tomorrow, oh!
See you all in the next chapter, I love you all!
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