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| Lorna Brown "World and Olympic Coach and Choreographer" World Professional Champion and DESIGNS by LORNA Hand Painted and One of A Kind Clothes including Tops and Bags |
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....
(Click Here for Web Site Link of article)
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....
(Click Here for Web Site Link of article)
| http://www.rosemaryduxbury.com/News11.htm In America, Lorna Brown (former world professional ice-skating champion - above) has been choreographing Rosemary Duxbury's piano music for skating. Former British Senior International figure skating competitor and World Professional Champion, LORNA BROWN, was a Principal skater with John Curry's Theatre of Skating and Ice Dancing and in many other shows around the world. She studied classical and contemporary dance and worked with some of the world’s greatest choreographers before going into coaching and choreography for which she is internationally renowned. She was Denmark’s National Coach and has taken skaters to many international championships including Worlds and Olympics . The experiences she gained working with John Curry left an everlasting impression on her views of ice skating – particularly the importance of choreography, expression and style. Lorna is originally from Newcastle in the UK, but is now based in California. Lorna has been working with Rosemary's short piano pieces: 'In the Presence' and 'In the Master's Love'. |