Post by mejokuste on Mar 11, 2013 0:27:15 GMT 1
Translation of the interview about Rock Circus:
As a rocker you can be wild and crazy
As a child Stephane Lambiel adored the circus 'Knie' (swiss national circus) and Michael Jackson. Now he will become a circus director - and also will try himself as a rocker.
March 16th he will have a guest performance with "Rock Circus" in Lachen.
Q: You will become a circus director and a rocker. Which role is closer to you?
S: Where I come from (the Valais) we did not have many possibilities to see big shows. That's why it had always been an important time of the year for me when the circus 'Knie' had its guest performances in Martigny. I admired the acrobats, the illusionists, the clowns and this special circus orchestra. With Rock Circus I want to integrate rock music to the circus.
Q: In figure skating, aesthetics and grace play an important role. Rock is something completely different...
S: As a rocker you can be wild and crazy. For AOI I created a number with Seven to the song "Paint it black" from the Rolling Stones. There have been movements and positions when people thought: "What is he doing? Has he become crazy?" That's rock: You are a rebel and do what you want to do, everything is spontaneous.
Q: Aggressiveness also belongs to rock. Is this close to you?
S: If you don't do something against boredom, it one day breaks out of you. Sometimes it all has to get out of me too.
Q: Do you practice the evil eye and wild gestures of a rocker in front of the mirror now?
S: I don't want to exaggerate, it shall not look artificial. I will sing a rock ballade, there this wild "Baaaaahhh" and much leather are not needed. But then there will also be the crazy rock star in Iggy-Pop-style.
Q: Are you getting inspiration for your role from Iggy Pop, Rolling Stones and other rock stars?
S: Actually we are creating the costumes for Rock Circus. I think of people who do not have to do with rock music. John Galliano for example. I watched many of his pictures. He has a mixture of many styles and that's the direction I would like to go. Not everything has to be 'rock'.
Q: Galliano is a fashion designer and adventurous trend setter...
S: Galliano has something crazy and immediate. I also think of Johnny Depp: He's always cool and combines different styles. That's the direction I want to go.
Q: And how about the music? There you also get inspiration from stars?
S: I like Queen a lot. Freddy Mercury could be extravagant but also romantic. Since my "Paint It Black" performance I developed a taste for the Rolling Stones. Before I didn't have an idea of how poetic the Stones could be. This speedfull and energetic live experience has been very important for me. Each time it has been like an explosion.
Q: As a figure skater you mainly had to deal with classical music during your youth. Has there been space for rock music too?
S: Rock music came to me only in the 1990ies with Oasis. Before I had been a big fan of Michael Jackson. I performed wild Michael Jackson shows for my family in the living room.
Q: So as a show master Stephane Lambiel will often be seen in movement?
S: There will be various characters. I'm a perfectionnist, and as a circus director I have to be. But the rock band will not understand what this man wants when he tries to teach them manners. But then 'rock' starts and attracts the circus director too.
Q: At 'Fascination on Ice' in Rapperswil and at 'Rock Circus 4 kids' you perform with many children. Does this warm your heart?
S: We just finished a long tour with big shows. Now I really enjoy it a lot to be part of familiar shows with kids. In Rapperswil there's a good club-atmosphere. You are very closed to the people and can share more - also off the ice. It's important that it is not only all about the performance on the ice but also moments you can share with the people.
Q: Do you generally like to work with children?
S: Once a week I give (skating) lessons for children in Lausanne. Usually you concentrate mainly on your own work. But with children you forget about who you are. They are so direct and spontaneous. With them I am less calculative and take things as they come, as figure skater but also as coach. The kids are just there and give you a lot of energy. I hope to be able to do coaching with kids also in the future. It makes myself become a child again.
Q: What can you give to the children for their future way?
S: In figure skating I can give them technique and feeling/emotion. I always try to motivate them to bring their own expression into their movements. Technically you have to know much and to keep repeating. But during those Friday lessons I want to give them other inputs: They shall dare to let out all the emotions they have inside. The kids shall experiment that it's not only jumps, jumps and jumps again that is needed. There are so beautiful things such as to skate and feel the wind on your face, for example.
Q: Expressiveness and charism are your big strength's. Can it be learned?
S: I think it can be switched on. Usually kids are being told: You must do something this and not that way. You are allowed to this, but not that.
The child learnes quickly that there are things which she/he should not say or do. When you tell a child that everything is allowed, they will always find something from themselves to express. At the first lesson the kids dared to do almost nothing. But they 'defrosted' after two or three lessons. There are people with more charisma than others. But everybody has something to express.
Q: Until autumn you will have 19 shows with Rock Circus. Will we see you less often on the ice in the future?
S: The shows will extend over some 20 days. Inbetween there will be time to, for example, go to Japan with Art on Ice or for some shows to South Korea. In September I will perform at Opera on Ice in the historical Arena di Veona.
Q: You retired from competitive sport three years ago. Does it require a lot of practice to be in shape for the shows?
S: I have to practice every day. If I have a break it's hard to get in shape again. With soon 30 years of age I need more and more time for it.
Q: Next year will be the olympic games. Are you tempted to participate for a fourth time?
S: I'd be in shape for it. But I closed this chapter of my life. It has been a super time. As a child I had been dreaming of becoming a world champion. It's nice that this dream has become true. But it's behind me. I now have new projects and I am looking forward to those challenges. I want to go a step forward every day and don't want to spend my time asking myself: "Shall I or shall I not?" This way life remains really interesting.
Q: March 16th you will be in Lachen. Will you be equally nervous like at the time when you competed in Salt Lake City, Torino or Vancouver?
S: Yes, I am always very nervous before my performances. There's always lots of adrenaline before I step on the ice or on a scene.
You want to give your best and you're nervous. It's like in school: You know everything that you need to know for an exam, but you're nervous anyway.
Q: And when the show starts, the nervousness vanishes...
S: Yes - as soon as the music starts .. then nothing else exists anylonger.
Interview by Martin Mühlegg
As a rocker you can be wild and crazy
As a child Stephane Lambiel adored the circus 'Knie' (swiss national circus) and Michael Jackson. Now he will become a circus director - and also will try himself as a rocker.
March 16th he will have a guest performance with "Rock Circus" in Lachen.
Q: You will become a circus director and a rocker. Which role is closer to you?
S: Where I come from (the Valais) we did not have many possibilities to see big shows. That's why it had always been an important time of the year for me when the circus 'Knie' had its guest performances in Martigny. I admired the acrobats, the illusionists, the clowns and this special circus orchestra. With Rock Circus I want to integrate rock music to the circus.
Q: In figure skating, aesthetics and grace play an important role. Rock is something completely different...
S: As a rocker you can be wild and crazy. For AOI I created a number with Seven to the song "Paint it black" from the Rolling Stones. There have been movements and positions when people thought: "What is he doing? Has he become crazy?" That's rock: You are a rebel and do what you want to do, everything is spontaneous.
Q: Aggressiveness also belongs to rock. Is this close to you?
S: If you don't do something against boredom, it one day breaks out of you. Sometimes it all has to get out of me too.
Q: Do you practice the evil eye and wild gestures of a rocker in front of the mirror now?
S: I don't want to exaggerate, it shall not look artificial. I will sing a rock ballade, there this wild "Baaaaahhh" and much leather are not needed. But then there will also be the crazy rock star in Iggy-Pop-style.
Q: Are you getting inspiration for your role from Iggy Pop, Rolling Stones and other rock stars?
S: Actually we are creating the costumes for Rock Circus. I think of people who do not have to do with rock music. John Galliano for example. I watched many of his pictures. He has a mixture of many styles and that's the direction I would like to go. Not everything has to be 'rock'.
Q: Galliano is a fashion designer and adventurous trend setter...
S: Galliano has something crazy and immediate. I also think of Johnny Depp: He's always cool and combines different styles. That's the direction I want to go.
Q: And how about the music? There you also get inspiration from stars?
S: I like Queen a lot. Freddy Mercury could be extravagant but also romantic. Since my "Paint It Black" performance I developed a taste for the Rolling Stones. Before I didn't have an idea of how poetic the Stones could be. This speedfull and energetic live experience has been very important for me. Each time it has been like an explosion.
Q: As a figure skater you mainly had to deal with classical music during your youth. Has there been space for rock music too?
S: Rock music came to me only in the 1990ies with Oasis. Before I had been a big fan of Michael Jackson. I performed wild Michael Jackson shows for my family in the living room.
Q: So as a show master Stephane Lambiel will often be seen in movement?
S: There will be various characters. I'm a perfectionnist, and as a circus director I have to be. But the rock band will not understand what this man wants when he tries to teach them manners. But then 'rock' starts and attracts the circus director too.
Q: At 'Fascination on Ice' in Rapperswil and at 'Rock Circus 4 kids' you perform with many children. Does this warm your heart?
S: We just finished a long tour with big shows. Now I really enjoy it a lot to be part of familiar shows with kids. In Rapperswil there's a good club-atmosphere. You are very closed to the people and can share more - also off the ice. It's important that it is not only all about the performance on the ice but also moments you can share with the people.
Q: Do you generally like to work with children?
S: Once a week I give (skating) lessons for children in Lausanne. Usually you concentrate mainly on your own work. But with children you forget about who you are. They are so direct and spontaneous. With them I am less calculative and take things as they come, as figure skater but also as coach. The kids are just there and give you a lot of energy. I hope to be able to do coaching with kids also in the future. It makes myself become a child again.
Q: What can you give to the children for their future way?
S: In figure skating I can give them technique and feeling/emotion. I always try to motivate them to bring their own expression into their movements. Technically you have to know much and to keep repeating. But during those Friday lessons I want to give them other inputs: They shall dare to let out all the emotions they have inside. The kids shall experiment that it's not only jumps, jumps and jumps again that is needed. There are so beautiful things such as to skate and feel the wind on your face, for example.
Q: Expressiveness and charism are your big strength's. Can it be learned?
S: I think it can be switched on. Usually kids are being told: You must do something this and not that way. You are allowed to this, but not that.
The child learnes quickly that there are things which she/he should not say or do. When you tell a child that everything is allowed, they will always find something from themselves to express. At the first lesson the kids dared to do almost nothing. But they 'defrosted' after two or three lessons. There are people with more charisma than others. But everybody has something to express.
Q: Until autumn you will have 19 shows with Rock Circus. Will we see you less often on the ice in the future?
S: The shows will extend over some 20 days. Inbetween there will be time to, for example, go to Japan with Art on Ice or for some shows to South Korea. In September I will perform at Opera on Ice in the historical Arena di Veona.
Q: You retired from competitive sport three years ago. Does it require a lot of practice to be in shape for the shows?
S: I have to practice every day. If I have a break it's hard to get in shape again. With soon 30 years of age I need more and more time for it.
Q: Next year will be the olympic games. Are you tempted to participate for a fourth time?
S: I'd be in shape for it. But I closed this chapter of my life. It has been a super time. As a child I had been dreaming of becoming a world champion. It's nice that this dream has become true. But it's behind me. I now have new projects and I am looking forward to those challenges. I want to go a step forward every day and don't want to spend my time asking myself: "Shall I or shall I not?" This way life remains really interesting.
Q: March 16th you will be in Lachen. Will you be equally nervous like at the time when you competed in Salt Lake City, Torino or Vancouver?
S: Yes, I am always very nervous before my performances. There's always lots of adrenaline before I step on the ice or on a scene.
You want to give your best and you're nervous. It's like in school: You know everything that you need to know for an exam, but you're nervous anyway.
Q: And when the show starts, the nervousness vanishes...
S: Yes - as soon as the music starts .. then nothing else exists anylonger.
Interview by Martin Mühlegg