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Post by reut on Sept 28, 2014 12:20:51 GMT 1
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Post by reut on Oct 5, 2014 9:09:58 GMT 1
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Post by jomeku on Oct 5, 2014 21:50:39 GMT 1
Free time is wasted timeFrom the life of Stéphane Lambiel, the ice artist who became a businessman with own school and first own gala event. Wednesday: In training clothes, rehearsing a choreography in Zurich-Oerlikon. Thursday: in jeans and shirt, organizing the last details for a press conference in Geneva. Friday: presentation of the first own gala at the same place, in an anthracite suit and taupe gray shirt. Saturday and Sunday: rehearsing, choreographing, discussing, phone calls here and there. And tomorrow: To Bucharest for "Kings on Ice", the kings are Evgeni Plushenko and himself, Stéphane Lambiel. After that, one week in Osaka for programs rehearsals. The 29 years old beams while citing his full agenda, saying it was like this ever since the Olympic games in Vancouver 2010. The double world champion and olympic silver medalist from 2006 stepped back from competitive skating after his fourth place in Canada, leaving behind the limiting rules to devote himself fully to his vocation: the creativity in figure skating. "This rhythm of life", he says with a smile, "I have taken over from the Japanese. For them, free time is wasted time". At home at an ice rink and in an airport
As his first home he mentions 'Les Vernets', the Geneva ice rink where he practices since 20 years, and as second one - with some exaggeration - the airport of Genève-Cointrin "where I arrive or leave at one of two days". And yes, there is also the "Valais", his real homeland. He has returned there at least part time when he realized one of his goals by opening a figure skating school "because in Switzerland we lack places where talents can train specifically". He now has created this facility in Champéry, Val d'Illiez. Supported by a friend from his high school days in St-Maurice with whom he established a stock company, and by Anne-Sophie Thilo, the full time employed former olympic sailor who's in charge of communication and administration matters. And he has engaged two assistant coaches who teach together with or without him. He still trains like a top athleteLambiel says he has learned a lot in the last six months. Above all: to delegate. He had always wanted to do everything by himself, perfectly and in his own way. Now he had to learn to delegate some work, "let somebody else do it. Not the way I would do, but perfect in his way", he concludes. The ice artist became a young business man who still trains like a top athlete, who tours with shows in Asia for weeks in summer, but who built up a second foothold for his future. All this would not yet have required an anthracite suit. Only the request of the Japanese Consulate in Geneva increased the demands - and made one of his biggest dreams come true: Monsieur Lambiel, Japan and Switzerland celebrate the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations. You as a Nippon expert: How could this occasion adequately be celebrated? Lambiel quickly found the answer. And he had the idea together with his choreographer Salome Brunner: With a gala event, with his first own gala. "This has always been our dream" she says. Lambiel was 14 years of age when he had his first success as figure skater in Nagano, "after that I had a special relation with Japan". He loves the culture, the mentality, the work ethics. He seems to have incorporated the latter, he talks of passion and discipline - like in earlier times when it was about free skate and short programs. The show with "Ice Legends" of both countries will take place on December 18th in Geneva. Sarah Meier will skate, Denise Biellmann will be there, double world champion Miki Ando, also other Japanese champions. It's to become a gala of which nobody should state that it was a waste of time.
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Post by reut on Oct 6, 2014 6:16:41 GMT 1
Thank you so much! Nice article and great translation.
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Post by Anna on Oct 7, 2014 15:53:18 GMT 1
Thanks for the translation, jomeku!
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Post by Hill on Oct 7, 2014 18:25:48 GMT 1
Nice Work  Thank you so much, jomeku!!! |
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Post by pia on Oct 9, 2014 18:13:49 GMT 1
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Post by jomeku on Oct 11, 2014 0:21:25 GMT 1
The article: " Japan and me, a love story" Most of the contents we know already, it's mainly about Stéphane's "Ice Legends" show and a bit about his skating school. Much like the article above ("Free time is wasted time"). Just some additional extracts so: (…) About "Ice Legends" Stephane says: "It's an opportunity to show the kind of skating I like and to offer to the public real and beautiful skating, which also has to be artistic. I've always aimed to show and to defend its aesthetics. I wanted to realize this show. It will be an elegant show. It's part of my personal ambition. (…) (…) At the end of the interview: Q: You live on the fast track (at 200 per hour), you're engaged in many projects. Is this a way to protect yourself from the complicated world we're living in? Stephane: A way to avoid seeing the negative things? Maybe, I don't know. I have the chance to live passions. With intensity. And you know how it is, there's not much room for something else. Q: We see you're still in shape, even a bit thinner. Are we wrong? Stephane (smiles): I'm in very good shape. The ice preserves. I'm skating every day. My schedule as skater is still the same. And some projects are added. I have to feel well when I perform. I have to be capable of accomplishing nice things. And to love them. That's a form of respect. You have to respect the people who come to see you. And you do not have the right to disappoint them. |
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Post by Hill on Oct 13, 2014 18:15:13 GMT 1
Thanks a lot,jomeku!
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Post by Anna on Oct 13, 2014 19:11:04 GMT 1
Thank you!!
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Post by pia on Oct 18, 2014 10:46:43 GMT 1
The article: " Japan and me, a love story" Most of the contents we know already, it's mainly about Stéphane's "Ice Legends" show and a bit about his skating school. Much like the article above ("Free time is wasted time"). Just some additional extracts so: (…) About "Ice Legends" Stephane says: "It's an opportunity to show the kind of skating I like and to offer to the public real and beautiful skating, which also has to be artistic. I've always aimed to show and to defend its aesthetics. I wanted to realize this show. It will be an elegant show. It's part of my personal ambition. (…) (…) At the end of the interview: Q: You live on the fast track (at 200 per hour), you're engaged in many projects. Is this a way to protect yourself from the complicated world we're living in? Stephane: A way to avoid seeing the negative things? Maybe, I don't know. I have the chance to live passions. With intensity. And you know how it is, there's not much room for something else. Q: We see you're still in shape, even a bit thinner. Are we wrong? Stephane (smiles): I'm in very good shape. The ice preserves. I'm skating every day. My schedule as skater is still the same. And some projects are added. I have to feel well when I perform. I have to be capable of accomplishing nice things. And to love them. That's a form of respect. You have to respect the people who come to see you. And you do not have the right to disappoint them. Thanks a lot jomeku for all your great translations and for your time you take for all that translating! I must say that I miss a lot his interviews made in his homeland. Nowadays we get very few of them. And even in those we get, we already know most of things and even much more than the interviewer LOL |
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Post by pia on Oct 18, 2014 10:49:29 GMT 1
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Post by tisha on Oct 18, 2014 11:02:43 GMT 1
Thank you for your translations, Jomeku. Very informative interviews. I hope Stephane is taking care of his health - sometimes a body needs a little bit of rest!
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Post by tisha on Oct 18, 2014 11:10:24 GMT 1
And thank you for the news about his coaching in Poland, Pia. Interesting that he's working so much with pairs and ice dance teams the last year or so. People used to laugh and sometimes ridicule Stephane and Johnny goofing around skating "pairs" together but maybe even back then he was seeing what went into pairs skating with an eye to future choreo/coaching for teams.
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Post by pia on Oct 19, 2014 9:54:05 GMT 1
And thank you for the news about his coaching in Poland, Pia. Interesting that he's working so much with pairs and ice dance teams the last year or so. People used to laugh and sometimes ridicule Stephane and Johnny goofing around skating "pairs" together but maybe even back then he was seeing what went into pairs skating with an eye to future choreo/coaching for teams. Trying pairs with Johnny seemed just fun (to me). LOL This pairs development camp he's going to do now already 3d year in a row. That ISU communication announces him as stroking, presentation and training routine expert. |
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