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Lorna Brown is a British and World Professional ice skating champion
and a world and Olympic figure skating coach. In this article, she gives
some thoughts on figure skating choreography, expression, and style.
I have passed through all the different progressions an ice skater can. I
represented Great Britain internationally at senior level then competed
professionally, winning the World Professional championships. I
performed in all different kinds of ice shows as a principal and studied
classical and contemporary dance, and finally went into coaching and
choreography. I was National coach for Denmark and have taken skaters
to many internationals, Europeans, Worlds and Olympics.
I have choreographed for numerous national champions and am now
here in Los Angeles. The experiences I had working with John Curry's
Company has left an everlasting impression on my ideas about ice
skating. I had the opportunity to be choreographed by some of the
worlds greatest and most memorable choreographers of all time,
including Robert Cohan and Peter Martins.
Here I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of my
ideas about how I think about skating today. Everyone understands how
many revolutions are required for a jump or a spin etc. but how do you
measure art?
From the beginning of a skater's career a skater should be building up a
repertoire of various kinds of steps and movements as well as jumps
and spins.
It is so easy for a skater to become predictable and stereotyped.
Especially now! We are missing that personal individuality in the
performances of today because it is all about counting. Counting is
distracting from quality.
When judges and the like are just adding up and counting then how can
they grasp much else with so little time to make up their minds to give
an accurate mark?
There has to be a certain something extra to single out the performer!
It is easy to be average. You really have to work hard to achieve
originality and to be unique. Creative people use who they are and what
they have learned and experienced to inspire themselves to create
new ideas. These people are individuals who are comfortable with
themselves but who also realize their imperfections and thrive on
achieving excellence. They continually search for new ideas by
attending the ballet, shows, art galleries and anything that will inspire
them to develop themselves. It is those who dare to be different who
are remembered and who leave an everlasting impression. What is a
good program? It is one you will never be able to forget because it was
"unique"! Every performance should be like a finely tuned instrument in
perfect pitch but of course perfection is always infinite....
To read more....
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and a world and Olympic figure skating coach. In this article, she gives
some thoughts on figure skating choreography, expression, and style.
I have passed through all the different progressions an ice skater can. I
represented Great Britain internationally at senior level then competed
professionally, winning the World Professional championships. I
performed in all different kinds of ice shows as a principal and studied
classical and contemporary dance, and finally went into coaching and
choreography. I was National coach for Denmark and have taken skaters
to many internationals, Europeans, Worlds and Olympics.
I have choreographed for numerous national champions and am now
here in Los Angeles. The experiences I had working with John Curry's
Company has left an everlasting impression on my ideas about ice
skating. I had the opportunity to be choreographed by some of the
worlds greatest and most memorable choreographers of all time,
including Robert Cohan and Peter Martins.
Here I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of my
ideas about how I think about skating today. Everyone understands how
many revolutions are required for a jump or a spin etc. but how do you
measure art?
From the beginning of a skater's career a skater should be building up a
repertoire of various kinds of steps and movements as well as jumps
and spins.
It is so easy for a skater to become predictable and stereotyped.
Especially now! We are missing that personal individuality in the
performances of today because it is all about counting. Counting is
distracting from quality.
When judges and the like are just adding up and counting then how can
they grasp much else with so little time to make up their minds to give
an accurate mark?
There has to be a certain something extra to single out the performer!
It is easy to be average. You really have to work hard to achieve
originality and to be unique. Creative people use who they are and what
they have learned and experienced to inspire themselves to create
new ideas. These people are individuals who are comfortable with
themselves but who also realize their imperfections and thrive on
achieving excellence. They continually search for new ideas by
attending the ballet, shows, art galleries and anything that will inspire
them to develop themselves. It is those who dare to be different who
are remembered and who leave an everlasting impression. What is a
good program? It is one you will never be able to forget because it was
"unique"! Every performance should be like a finely tuned instrument in
perfect pitch but of course perfection is always infinite....
To read more....
(Click Here for Web Site Link of article)
Lorna Brown is a British and World Professional
Ice Skating Champion and a World Olympic Coach
Ice Skating Champion and a World Olympic Coach
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| COACHES by The Ice Skating Edge British and World Professional Champion and a World and Olympic coach. Former National Coach of Denmark. A principal performer in numerous ice shows all over the world including "John Curry's Ice Dancing" on Broadway NY, and "Theatre of Skating" at the London Palladium. She has appeared in TV specials, touring Galas and commercials world wide. She has studied contemporary dance and worked with some of the Worlds leading choreographers and has choreographed for several International champions including "2 World Professional Champions." In addition, she has lectured on all aspects of figure skating, at "National and International seminars" for both skaters and coaches. She has produced and directed her own International Skating School in the UK called "Skate of the Art" with the world famous Rafael Arituniun for 7 consecutive years. She specializes in the latest physics and aero dynamics in skating techniques. She focuses a great deal on expression and style in her choreography and has written several articles for skating magazines on these subjects. She specializes mostly in singles, both on and off the ice training. She moved to the USA 3 years ago and has been awarded the PSA Level 7 ranking and holds a BA in sports science. |
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