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SPECIAL TALK:Carolina kostner X Stephane lambiel
Continue to draw ART on the ice
Open a lot of doors with me
—This is your first time to appear on Fantasy on iceC: Yeah, I am excited now. I heard that it was a very nice, professional show from the past. My performance is "NE ME QUITTE PAS" and collaboration with Japanese pianist “Shinya Kiyotsuka”. It is always special to skating on live music. Normally it is nice to be on the ice while feeling the moment when you are preparing with yourself and being together as you prepare yourself alone. That experience tells me something new each time.
S: I think that it is best to perform in live music. That would make acting livelier. Even though it may not be the perfect performance unlike recorded music, you can make use of the missing part to make the performance even more breathtaking. Last year I skated with pianist Fukuma Kotaro, but what I feel whenever I perform shows changes, listening to music and trying to connect the two energies, we can live different moments each time when we perform.
—Last year's FaOI in Kobe and Nagano. "La Vals" is a program in which Stephane and Carolina co-starred in "Ice Legends." S: Yeah. Acting itself got better with each performance of FaOI, but at the beginning I was not satisfied with my performance.
C: I was not there. (LOL)
S: That’s because you weren't there. (LOL)
C: Lie. I try to say it a joke (laugh)
S: True. Because I did not have you, I made it for solo, but there were places where I couldn’t be satisfied with the skate and emotional performance. It was the last show and the pair went well. At that time, Carolina, it felt as though you were in front of me. It was a really wonderful time to create that program with you, a highlight of last season. We can connect rhythm, movement and energy all together. I really appreciate having had a wonderful time to understand each other further after long friendship. You are the best partner I can think of. You are seeking positive things for slippage; you don’t have a limit on, and trying to spread your limits, Every time I will overcome the limit. And I am trying to push figure skating to another dimension. I like that.
C: I was surprised when I first heard from you the concept of the "Le Poem". I was worried that I couldn't feel the dramatic story. But when I actually skate it, I felt very excited, I felt I was able to open a big new door and I am very thankful. But I think this is just the beginning.
S: That's right. I would like to open more doors with myself. Carolina is the source of my inspiration. Therefore, I want you to help me open doors as much as possible.
Meet in Sofia
—What did the two of you first met?S: It was World Junior Championship 2001 in Sofia. It is 16 years ago already. It turned out that Carolina was different from other skaters, shining like a star.
C: You are still a boy, but everyone was watching you walking. Everyone could keep an eye on you. What I remember is that you were angry about your performance.
S: I was really on my mind at that time. (Laugh) I don’t remember exactly whether I was fascinated by your skate or your personality, but I think that was probably both of them.
C: But I was very shy, right?
S: I was shy, but I know that it was truly special at that time.
C: You were different from everyone since that!
S: At that time I emit the feeling of "coming here, you can become different", right? Then you really followed me up. (Meaning that you can also become a great skater, just like me)
C: My face is getting red. (LoL) It is certain that you are the one who pushed my back.
—Then did the two of you become best friends?S: Soon.
C: It was a natural flow.
S: Carolina was practicing with Oberstdorf and I also went to Oberstdorf every summer. Our minds are in sync, right? I was feeling the same way I wanted to do, personality, how to proceed
(?), things are different, but I think that we were looking for the same journey.
C: Among the many skaters, we were trying to exceed our limits. I wonder why he felt it tied up.
S: Yeah.
C: This friendship helped me when I was young and going to a big competition, because it was rare in our country.
S: It was rather a passion rather than thinking through, did not it?
C: Yes. I just felt like going forward, because we did not have a goal in my country. I didn’t mean growing hard by competing with the surrounding skaters.
S: We have to spend some time to imagine.
C: I am always touched by the way you practice so hard, so I also wanted to impress you. and I practiced desperately.
S: We always receive each other's stimuli from each different side.
Like a brother and sister
—What is the secret that the friendship of two people has been continuing for a long time?S: I think that's because it is like a brother and sister. Even if you haven't seen her for a long time, you can see each other as soon as you face it.
C: Very natural feeling.
S: It was connected with strong emotions in the past, so we can connect each time soon.
C: Besides, there is something to add every year. I can talk much while I am away. However, we always continue to have respect for each other......
S: The word of respect is the most comfortable. Then with praise, you are my muse. Karolina and Salome (Brunner), there are two muses in my life. You can say soul mate. Even if you do not speak anything, you can understand each other.
C: I do not need any explanation. Everyone will try their best for someone else. It is very exciting to have a relationship that can surprise you every time. You are about to make this relationship fly away.
S: In fact, it is flying higher and higher.
—Some episodes can share with us?S: There was an interesting episode. A hot vacation, two of my best friends from Carolina and Canada spent on the beach without sunscreen cream when traveling in Portugal. Both of them turned bright red like shrimps. (LoL)
C: You just burned your back, didn’t you? It became like a tomato (Laugh). I don’t remember things in Oberstdorf, but the summer is always interesting. I've been living in the dorm, except that there are a lot of skaters coming here, we spent a couple of weeks together, and we always make trouble, play water polo, or leave the dorm from the windows at night ........。
S: Yeah, it came out.
C: That’s why you danced, I was afraid to return as if someone was watching. I have to try not to let the coach find out.
(Not sure this part)S: I remember our first performance with "Romeo and Juliet". “Opera On Ice” of Verona, that was hard.
C: The standard is high.
S: Yes, the audience expectations are very high. I think that we were able to perform the best as then. I had a lot of fun, but time was too short.
C: Well, in fact I really wanted more practice time.
S: I like to watch pictures that skated together at that time. Also, when I went to Turin, We went on preparing for the Olympic Games, but we shared the room. Actually I was not forgiven.......
C: The coach got angry. (LoL)
S: But I had a good time. I think that it was necessary to share it. You usually practice with alone. So it's very important to have a good time skating together.
C: Last year's New Year is also great. I was invited to attend his New Year party.
S: I invite in every year. When you want something with a younger sister to come, always come. It's okay if you bring changing of clothes.
C: Feel like “come on!” It is really nice like a family.
S: Next year?
C: Of course I will. (LoL)
S: The room is ready at any time. You just knock on the door. (LoL)
C: I am looking forward to it. If you can do that in your own home!
S: Inviting loved ones to your house is a wonderful thing.
C: What gave to people will come back to you soon
(?). It's not a pain to clean or cook if it's comfortable to welcome friends.
S: It is not labor to look after a friend, which is…
C: Joy.
S: Yes, it is pure joy. I also know Carolina's mother well. Did I go to your house last summer?
C: I was not there? (LoL)
S: I wonder if it was a mistake. (LoL) Your mother touched me like I was her son, and I stayed in your brother's room. We prepared breakfast; it looked like a real mother.
C: You are the Portuguese, I am the Italians, and this is the character of southern Europe.
S: Family is the first place, we have a strong family relationship.
I got a great power from Carolina
—Please tell us about your favorite programsS: "Pachelbel's Canon." Your skate doesn’t depart from your mind. For me, "Pachelbel's Canon" is Carolina. Only Carolina is strongly tied to this music.
C: It looks like chocolate (laugh)
S: When you hear this music, your appearance immediately in my mind.
C: Your program always remains in your heart. Especially when you skate "Nessun Dorma" first time, Enrique sing in the starry sky at the outdoor theater in Verona. It was truly special.
S: My favorite stage.
C: There are a lot of difficulties to choose, but this is one of them.
S: Don’t expect too much. (Laugh) I am not like a body of the Olympic Games anymore.
C: It is still ten months until Pyeongchang Olympic Games. (LoL)
S: I wonder if I can make it in time. First of all we have to prepare for the Nebelhorn Trophy. (LoL)
—Carolina's return is pleasant newsC: Thank you.
S: Carolina shows us that there is no limit to life in the whole world. To practice, to believe, if you pour your heart into what you want, there is no limit. When she came in winter, I was able to see how she got the practice. Of course she can jump to any level if she does. But the way she faced that practice gave me a wonderful image of returning to me, I got huge power. I can understand what hardships behind them. It's really wonderful. ...... Sorry, tears....... (He wiping overflowing tears)
C: It was a long journey to this point. And I will continue from now on.
S: Thank you so much for showing me such a model. I tell my students. Of course the result is important. But more than that, the joy I knew in the process so far is more important. If I had considered only the ranking, I would lose sight of the goal at the end. But if you live every moment, receive something and give something, it will be quite different.
C: I know when I get on the podium. It is not a medal to give happiness. It is a journey that I have been walking on. Of course everyone wants to win more than becoming fourth or sixth. But it is not the ranking that finally meets my heart and my life. It was my own hope that I decided to return, nobody told me or want me to do this. I just liked what I was doing, I still could learn more, I thought that I could progress more. The start from scratch was really hard
S: But I enjoyed it at the same time.
C: Of course. I felt like I was robbed of myself, but I am truly happy that I can continue skating. My body is still…
S: Can work.
C: Well, I was happy to move. It is very exciting for me to make more progress. For example, not only young skaters but also young people can tell everyone that they can achieve something if they dream or want it. You can pursue your own dream with courage. I hope to get up again. If I fail, I'm not just skating as a competition, but I want to devote time to making figure skating as art. Is it not a figure skating sports? For me, the artists on the ice is Stephane, you.
S: Thank you
C: We have shared a lot of things. But we are still very young. For example, painter Renoir kept drawing a beautiful picture until he passed away at the age of 80. If so, we are still like children. (LoL)
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2017.05.25 Interview in Makuhari before the show
When my friend read it to me, I try to use "google translation" to translate this "sweet talk", maybe the content is not entirely correct, maybe many old fans know most of the story, but I still want to share it with everyone. Especially in addition to friendship, they try to practice their dreams, to do what they want to do, so strong faith is very touched me.
And...if this interview has video, I guess the video will be like this:
youtu.be/nfS2H5LSkw0