Daniil Gleikhengauz: “I’ve noticed that now everyone is choosing music from modern dance compositions which appeals to spectators. The use of classical music has decreased.”
Gleikhengauz Believes Figure Skating Is Moving Away from Classical Music
original source: Forbes Russia
Choreographer and coach Daniil Gleikhengauz commented on the trend of figure skating moving away from classical music. Here’s a translation of his comments.
“Q: Have you kept up with developments in your profession during the suspension of Russian skaters? Has anything changed in program choreography over the past three years?
Daniil Gleikhengauz: I can’t afford not to keep up with everything happening in my sport, otherwise I’ll fall behind and lose relevance. I’ve watched the programs of a huge number of athletes.
I’ve noticed that now everyone is choosing music from modern dance compositions, which energizes the audience and appeals to spectators. Figure skating is keeping up with the times. The use of classical music – ballet, piano, or orchestral pieces – has decreased.
However, I think that if a ballet program is well choreographed, well skated, and refined down to every line and detail, it can still be successful. In the last three or four years, this has been almost absent on the international stage. If someone breaks away from the trend, it could actually work to their advantage,”
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To each their own, and he does have a point about a classical ballet program still having the potential to be a moment, but just me personally, I don’t think that a, for example, 30th Carmen or Sherherazade will stand out. For that matter, modern warhorses like Moulin Rouge or Notre Dame are being overdone too, imo.
If licensing fees continue going up, we might see a renaissance of classical music.