Post by reut on Jan 15, 2011 19:34:17 GMT 1
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Figure Skating, the charm never dies.
Source: www.mediafire.com/?59znz8jy1ei928f
Translation: by Sigrid
The Valaisan, Stéphane Lambiel, that we've found in Bellinzona for Music on Ice, tells us about his new experience in gala tours all over the world.
Stéphane Lambiel has come back to Ticino, taking part as a special guest along with Sarah Meier in the Swiss stage of Music on Ice, which shows performances of some of the most important skaters of the past, and the Centro Sportivo of Bellinzona has sold out all the tickets. It gave us the opportunity of having a nice talk with the ambassador of the next European Championships in Bern, where he also will be the technical consultant for the French TV station, SSR-SRG.
What have you done in the last 12 months, since you retired?
I wouldn't know where to start, seeing the many things I've done. I've been a part of so many shows, I made it full of energy, I've gotten so much love. I've skated everywhere: Russia, South Korea, USA, Slovakia, China, Japan, Ukraine, Sweden, Kazakhstan, and I've received an acceptance that has warmed my heart, like here in Bellinzona.
The show producers wanted you because everywhere you go, everything you do, the audience follows you and they even travel just for you. Do you mind having, in relation to the other skaters, all the attention over you?
I don't think the attention is just focused on me. During a whole show, each of us gives some of our experience and talent, we all work towards the same direction. And the energy of all of us is what makes the show a success. It's not because in one show there's a world champion that makes the difference. Each of us are in the same game, we put a stone for building a path to making the show unforgettable for the audience.
Don't you miss competitions?
Not at all. The competitive career has been a wonderful part of my life that has helped me to become what I am today, and that has gifted me with indelible memories. But I've turned the page, I've arrived at a moment of my life where I live without competing, which goes very well with the life I'm living now.
Seems that you're very peaceful. How does your evolution as an artist and as a man continue?
My maturation also passes through several awarenesses. The first one, very important, is the one that tells me that I can't do forever what I'm doing right now. After my competitive career and after my show career, I'll arrive at another part of my story. But I don't have too many problems in my future: I have all the doors open so far, and I can take every direction I want. The figure skating has been my best learning in life and it will help me to build the future. I don't make myself 30.000 questions, but at the same time time, I want to create this wealth of experience necessary for every man.
The second one, it's also important, is the one of knowing perfectly the limits of my body. As a competitor I've always known that my body had limits and sometimes I exceeded them, suffering. And my body rebelled, because I didn't undestand or I didn't want to understand the alarm that it was sending to me. Now, doing the trainings and not pushing myself too much in the jumps, I'm much better physically. And now I can express much more my artistic side.
The disaffection of the audience towards the competitions is benefiting the galas due to the difficulty of understanding the rules, more and more strict?
Perhaps, in part the new rules system has to do. But people have always loved galas, the show, because in them there's a part of magic, there's more poetry, that makes you dream. And for this same reason I approached skating when I was a child. I liked immediately the athletic part of this sport, the competitive part, but I was bewitched by the magic part even more, made of sequins and glitter, lights and scenic effects, gestures and music that carry the people to another dimension, letting them evade their everyday. Regarding the competitions, this year is gonna be a very important year for the new generation and I think also for the swiss athletes. At the EC there will be 3 spots in the men's competition: for them it is truly the chance to show their value right at home. A podium or finishing in the top ten will be a very difficult goal, but they need to take this oportunity that they have to assert their presence.
What do you think you can still give to the skating world?
When I feel that the audience is bored, I'll quit. I've already started to advise some skaters as a choreographer and I love that. I love figure skating and I'll never leave completely this world, where I was born and raised. On the other hand I have an incredible example: my coach, Peter Grütter. He's passionate of this sport and has transmitted this virus to me.
Figure Skating, the charm never dies.
Source: www.mediafire.com/?59znz8jy1ei928f
Translation: by Sigrid
The Valaisan, Stéphane Lambiel, that we've found in Bellinzona for Music on Ice, tells us about his new experience in gala tours all over the world.
Stéphane Lambiel has come back to Ticino, taking part as a special guest along with Sarah Meier in the Swiss stage of Music on Ice, which shows performances of some of the most important skaters of the past, and the Centro Sportivo of Bellinzona has sold out all the tickets. It gave us the opportunity of having a nice talk with the ambassador of the next European Championships in Bern, where he also will be the technical consultant for the French TV station, SSR-SRG.
What have you done in the last 12 months, since you retired?
I wouldn't know where to start, seeing the many things I've done. I've been a part of so many shows, I made it full of energy, I've gotten so much love. I've skated everywhere: Russia, South Korea, USA, Slovakia, China, Japan, Ukraine, Sweden, Kazakhstan, and I've received an acceptance that has warmed my heart, like here in Bellinzona.
The show producers wanted you because everywhere you go, everything you do, the audience follows you and they even travel just for you. Do you mind having, in relation to the other skaters, all the attention over you?
I don't think the attention is just focused on me. During a whole show, each of us gives some of our experience and talent, we all work towards the same direction. And the energy of all of us is what makes the show a success. It's not because in one show there's a world champion that makes the difference. Each of us are in the same game, we put a stone for building a path to making the show unforgettable for the audience.
Don't you miss competitions?
Not at all. The competitive career has been a wonderful part of my life that has helped me to become what I am today, and that has gifted me with indelible memories. But I've turned the page, I've arrived at a moment of my life where I live without competing, which goes very well with the life I'm living now.
Seems that you're very peaceful. How does your evolution as an artist and as a man continue?
My maturation also passes through several awarenesses. The first one, very important, is the one that tells me that I can't do forever what I'm doing right now. After my competitive career and after my show career, I'll arrive at another part of my story. But I don't have too many problems in my future: I have all the doors open so far, and I can take every direction I want. The figure skating has been my best learning in life and it will help me to build the future. I don't make myself 30.000 questions, but at the same time time, I want to create this wealth of experience necessary for every man.
The second one, it's also important, is the one of knowing perfectly the limits of my body. As a competitor I've always known that my body had limits and sometimes I exceeded them, suffering. And my body rebelled, because I didn't undestand or I didn't want to understand the alarm that it was sending to me. Now, doing the trainings and not pushing myself too much in the jumps, I'm much better physically. And now I can express much more my artistic side.
The disaffection of the audience towards the competitions is benefiting the galas due to the difficulty of understanding the rules, more and more strict?
Perhaps, in part the new rules system has to do. But people have always loved galas, the show, because in them there's a part of magic, there's more poetry, that makes you dream. And for this same reason I approached skating when I was a child. I liked immediately the athletic part of this sport, the competitive part, but I was bewitched by the magic part even more, made of sequins and glitter, lights and scenic effects, gestures and music that carry the people to another dimension, letting them evade their everyday. Regarding the competitions, this year is gonna be a very important year for the new generation and I think also for the swiss athletes. At the EC there will be 3 spots in the men's competition: for them it is truly the chance to show their value right at home. A podium or finishing in the top ten will be a very difficult goal, but they need to take this oportunity that they have to assert their presence.
What do you think you can still give to the skating world?
When I feel that the audience is bored, I'll quit. I've already started to advise some skaters as a choreographer and I love that. I love figure skating and I'll never leave completely this world, where I was born and raised. On the other hand I have an incredible example: my coach, Peter Grütter. He's passionate of this sport and has transmitted this virus to me.
