u/Grape_Weak

What are niche/lesser used/specific elements that you'd like to see more of in programs?

Can include:

• costume details/elements

• choreographic elements

• spin positions

• jump passes/layouts/

• music pieces

• etc.

Not looking for anything like: "less [insert warhorse music] here" or "less edea pianos," just curious about things that deserve more of a spotlight!

For me:

• Longer holds on elements (for example, yuzuru's bracket (?) where he holds the second position for a decently long amount of time here (0:43, chopin SP from 2018). simple but gorgeous and elegant!!

• Similarily, more breaks in the choreography to emphasize certain beats of the song

• Holding an arabesque or other position before leaving a spin (for ex., the way Katelyn Osmund holds her arabesque after the biellman variation)

• more pants/jumpsuits for the ladies

• As much as I love a firey, boots-the-house down ID routine to pop or musical theatre, I would love to see more straight up classical a la V/M 2010 Mahler FD (and I do not like Mahler so that's saying a lot!)

• more split jumps/calypsos/firebirds; jumps that aren't traditional figure skating jumps!

• unconventional movie soundtrack picks and theming (Everhardt Poor Things, Gutmann Jaws)

EDIT:

Can be for competition or gala programs