I am a figure skater. I just wanted to know what the "dance world" thought about the "skating world" . . . our body positions and music interpretation.
In ballet - for instance, your "arabesque" is our "spiral". I've heard of ballet dancers cringing at our spirals. In skating, some do lift their hip up, keep their upper back or head down (sometimes close to the ice) - it's undesirable in ballet, but considered "beautiful" on the ice.
Ballroom - In ice dancing, our "footsteps" are nearly completely off from floor steps, though it is still about keeping tempo/mood and patterns.
As they say, they are 2 completely different worlds - though some things will be similar, some things will be VERY different - and it's not wrong. But hey, everyone is entitled to their opinions - so I'd like to hear them!!!
2007-07-23
03:36:27
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