Ice legends2,Lambiel's second challenge
Lambiel and Khatia Buniatishvili, two people's luxury portfolio on the ice show
Last year, the ice prince "Stephane Lambiel" personally served as artistic director organized the "ice legends' first show. Earlier this month, he held a press conference for the second "ice legends" in April; it announced a new show concept, the theme of "Love." Sure enough, a unique expressive pianist Khatia Buniatishvili will be responsible for the musical part of the new show. Such a luxurious combination will bring what works for us? Let us listen to how they say.
"This year a lot has happened." But getting up every morning to do what I think is this one - once again held "ice legends" must be more beautiful and more grand than the first, I would like to hold an ice show who have not seen before. "Lambiel opening of the first sentence said so.
Held in Geneva, "the first ice legends" simultaneously commemorating the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations on the Swiss, so Lambiel from his favorite country "Japan" has invited Miki Ando, Nobunari Oda and other skaters, "friendship" has become a show of theme.
And this time, Lambiel has a common view "skate is an expression of art" with Carolina, and has a unique view of the song, by the attention of pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, the trio will join forces to explore the "Love" of expression. Lambiel said Carolina was "performed together many times on the ice, as siblings grow up together partner." This time, she wills co-artistic director of identity assistance Lambiel.
"To hold a more beautiful and grand show," as Lambiel says advertising will be removed in the side of the rink in the new show, and no traces of the ice hockey tournament of "beautiful theater." In here, this 3 people is about presenting a "deeper and grander" artistic expression.
First of all, we talked about the theme of "love" to Lambiel.
Swissinfo.ch: theme "Love" how to behave on the ice show?
Lambiel: Here that the "love" should be two human loves. Such as Carolina and I, two different personalities created love. Or, we would like to show, each skater has two performance capabilities of how to present love, perhaps it can be said that I wanted to show something like this.
Then the show will be three parts, from three points to observe "love." The first part will be used "Chopin" performance status of men and women in general society. Although abstract, but wanted to show the world that although the attitudes of men and women, but how the face of "love" in this society. In this process, we will pick one pair of men and women focus on characterization.
The second part is the female view of love. We will show how "Born to Love" by a woman. This part will use Debussy, individual performances by the Carolina. This part is very romantic, elegant, take a very subtle performance, I think Carolina is the most suitable for this performance skater.
Carolina plays the female idealized love, she imagine should have all the appearance of love, and exploration of love. Eventually, she will find the answer in the third section.
The third part of the performance of love is male perspective as the focus. I played the male although love this woman (Carolina plays), but this is a kind of fate meant love. He felt love, to love; it is not a simple matter. Indeed, he often doesn’t know how to love.
Swissinfo.ch: From a philosophical point of view, this male distressed for love?
Lambiel: Yes, he was very painful. Women hold the illusion of love, but men do not. He is more to face reality, and that they have to love how smooth harmony through a variety of angles to explore. This part will use Ravel.
In fact, I also intend to invite Japanese female skater. Now I can’t tell you the name, more than expected. I would like to ask these few women to participate, to express the theme of "love."
That mean, though Carolina is the main object of love, does not change the status of the protagonist, but in addition, there will be several women (including Japanese skaters) will also be the object of love.
It can be said that several women were attracted to me, for my love, character, charisma dumping, and "conquered" by me. Very fatalistic of things, so she (Carolina) is so painful.
So Carolina chasing an idealized male, she just put this idealized male projection on me and kept chasing it. Mean, she was a persistent dream, an idealized existence. However, I was another situation, I captured the hearts of women who I met, and "conquer" them. The third part of long length, through relationships with these women, I played the male began to grow up.
Swissinfo.ch: Khatia Buniatishvili selected song?
Lambiel: In the beginning Khatia chose another song, I, Khatia and Carolina, we discuss several hours and finally we determine Chopin, Debussy, Ravel. This time we have established a deep partnership.
In addition to Carolina, the other parts on what women need to debut in the music, how to perform, like these things, we still need to discuss in the future.
When working with him at the "Art on ice," I think Lambiel is a genius, Khatia Buniatishvili say "can work with a genius is a rare opportunity," so she is very simply agreed to this cooperation. Like reading, so Khatia Buniatishvili will hide in the score inside the read half of the book, she is not only ingenious grasp of music, and she is a genius capable of exquisite use of language. She used the most appropriate statement analysis Lambiel’s art, expressiveness and this cooperation.
Swissinfo.ch: How do you view this cooperation with Lambiel?
Khatia: general sports players just slip them to learn the moves, happy, sad, they did not express these delicate feelings. Even just sad, it also has a variety of delicate nuance and different "sound", which they can’t handle.
But Stephane can do it. Because I think he is a performer. He can show that changes in the expression of his inner feelings, tell the story. Then even if only slight movement in his fingertips, contain the plot. His jump also full of emotion jumps. More people think pushing his spin naturally emerged from inside the body strength. So he moves meticulous to the extreme, emotional action in his body.
His fine motor reconcile with my piano, he will become a real actor, to show the real dance on the ice, this is what we want to achieve when we cooperate.
Swissinfo.ch: Your playing is full of delicate and affectionate, very expressive.
Khatia: I play the piano, while also listening to my music. In other words, while there are two different me, is to create the sound of a person, another person is to listen to the sound. I think that playing classical music is that two people in the loop, and began writing and observation. But when I play the piano (creation), I was living in that each moment. When I repeated the process of creation and observation, especially listening to the state, it is a "very happy" "ecstatic" state. At this time the perfect fusion of my feelings with myself.
When I was immersed in the creation and observation, I will forget the presence of the audience, part of the breakaway state of this inner most depths, perhaps you can use the relationship between the mother and children to explain.
When immersed in the process of observation and creativity, the child is still the mother's body, and then gave birth to feelings, is just the birth of a child. The child's presence is extremely liberal. I share the child with the audience (the closest deep inner feelings of self)
Swissinfo.ch: But, it has been such a complete player, what will become when you and Stephane, Carolina show together?
Khatia: when cooperation with others, such as with the orchestra or conductor, what kind of character, energy, I must try to reconcile. This process is not successful in every time.
So this cooperation and Stephane, Carolina, must find our common energy. Sometimes highlight them, I need to retreat to the dark, and sometimes I need to stand to the front, these are required to arrange details. In other words, it is necessary to realize I'm talking to immerse yourself in, but also take into account other people's "Process", then the situation is like two strangers suddenly fall in love on the stage, new emotions and harmony will be born, we become so freedom.
Swissinfo.ch: So you will play different Chopin?
Khatia: For basic interpretation of Chopin's still the same, just follow the changes in each other energy, and perhaps the change will occur. I think, compared with the general Chopin, this is a telling story of Chopin.
In fact, should not the same as playing in every time. The secretion of adrenaline; what would be the feelings, not the same for every time. So this time in order to show "love", in addition to the continuation of the original Chopin, Ravel, I will play my imagination, and echoed Stephane and Carolina imagination, and sometimes give way to each other, to focus our imagination to create our "works". However, to achieve this through the skate of "works" Chopin is like this, but if cooperation with others, such as through the movie performance of Chopin, then show up will be totally different look.
First, there must be guidelines for all concepts. We need to create a story. To understand each other's character, to understand what the other reason become emotional and sensitive, when we understand, and think about what we want to create a story. This performance is the spirit we want to implement on the ice, how to achieve and innovation.
When the concept formation, and then focuses on the technical. How to reconcile the perfect, the perfect expression of the details of how slim, feeling very strongly, to consider how to express them on action. It can be said that my music can do what the point of a challenge.
Swissinfo.ch: So this cooperation is a new challenge?
Khatia: I have always felt that art is the fantasy into reality. When fantasy smooth realization, then you can go to the next fantasy. If you crave the fantasy does not realize, you can’t into the next fantasy.
When we met that special someone, that person can help open self and achieve growth, so honest to accept such a fate, will open the world you never imagined. Stephane is able to bring the possibility of genius for me.
These time such cooperation, as leading to another patio door hidden in the depths of self-fantasy.
Translation: JYC & Taipeifollowers
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